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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2438

Offender early-release programs; prohibit stacking of credits and specify rules for offenders under supervised release.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A SECTION THAT PROHIBITS THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FROM COMBINING ANY INMATE'S EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCE WITH HIS OR HER TRUSTY-TIME ALLOWANCE OR MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME WHILE INCARCERATED BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFENDERS PLACED UNDER EARNED-RELEASE SUPERVISION; TO PROVIDE THAT THESE OFFENDERS SHALL RECEIVE AN ORAL AND WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE SUPERVISION REQUIREMENTS; TO CONFORM TO THE SECTION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE COMBINING OF AN INMATE'S EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCE WITH ALLOWANCES EARNED THROUGH CERTAIN OTHER EARLY-RELEASE PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE SECTION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE COMBINING OF AN INMATE'S TRUSTY-TIME ALLOWANCE WITH ALLOWANCES EARNED THROUGH CERTAIN OTHER EARLY-RELEASE PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE SECTION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE COMBINING OF AN INMATE'S EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCE WITH CERTAIN OTHER EARLY-RELEASE PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE SECTION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE COMBINING OF AN INMATE'S MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME WITH ALLOWANCES EARNED THROUGH CERTAIN OTHER EARLY-RELEASE PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-177, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS SHALL BE NOTIFIED 15 DAYS BEFORE OFFENDERS ARE PLACED UNDER EARNED-RELEASE SUPERVISION; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-603, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REQUIRE OFFENDERS PLACED UNDER EARNED-RELEASE SUPERVISION TO SUBMIT TO RANDOM CHEMICAL ANALYSIS TESTS; 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 Senate

Its course

January 21 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

CorrectionsJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 Senate Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 21Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To CorrectionsSenate
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate