Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
House Bill 534
Earned time allowance; revise which offenders are eligible for.
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 WAS NOT SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR CAPITAL MURDER AND HE OR SHE HAS REACHED 65 YEARS OF AGE AND HAS SERVED A MINIMUM OF 15 YEARS OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE, THEN SUCH INMATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR EARNED TIME ALLOWANCE; 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
January 15 to February 5, 2019, 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 RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 5 · stopped21 days
CorrectionsJan 15 to Feb 5 · stopped21 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 Jan 15 – Feb 5
- Jan 15Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Judiciary B
- Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Corrections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives