Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2162
Juvenile offenders; provide alternative sentencing and early-release options when convicted of certain crimes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH SENTENCING GUIDELINES FOR PERSONS WHO WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 WHEN THEY COMMITTED THE OFFENSE OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, SECOND-DEGREE MURDER OR CAPITAL MURDER; TO REMOVE LIFE WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE AS A SENTENCING OPTION FOR JUVENILES CONVICTED OF THESE OFFENSES; TO PROVIDE THAT JUVENILES CONVICTED OF THESE OFFENSES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETROACTIVE APPLICATION OF PAROLE ELIGIBILITY; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN JUVENILE OFFENDERS MAY BE RELEASED FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (MDOC)BEFORE SERVING 50% OF THE SENTENCE IMPOSED BY THE COURT; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT JUVENILE OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE AFTER SERVING 25% OF A DEFINITE SENTENCE OR AFTER SERVING TEN YEARS OF A LIFE SENTENCE; TO AUTHORIZE THE PAROLE BOARD TO ESTABLISH A METHOD OF DETERMINING TENTATIVE PAROLE HEARING DATES FOR PAROLE-ELIGIBLE JUVENILE OFFENDERS WHO WERE CONVICTED BEFORE JULY 1, 2020; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CHANGE THE DEADLINE BY WHICH MDOC MUST COMPLETE CASE PLANS FOR PAROLE-ELIGIBLE JUVENILE OFFENDERS WHO WERE CONVICTED BEFORE JULY 1, 2020; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 24 to March 3, 2020, 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 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 24 to Mar 3 · stopped39 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 24 – Mar 3
- Jan 24Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Corrections
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 24Referred To Judiciary, Division B;CorrectionsSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate