Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 313
Earned time allowances; prohibit offenders convicted of previous violent crime from obtaining.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF AN INMATE HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME AFTER THE INMATE HAD BEEN CONVICTED PREVIOUSLY OF ANOTHER VIOLENT CRIME AND SERVED TIME FOR THE PREVIOUS CRIME THEN THE INMATE IS INELIGIBLE FOR EARNED TIME ALLOWANCE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN INMATE IN TRUSTY STATUS IS INELIGIBLE FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF TRUSTY TIME ALLOWANCE IF THE TRUSTY HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A VIOLENT CRIME AND SERVED TIME FOR THE PREVIOUS VIOLENT CRIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 23
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Corrections
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives