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 2463
Juvenile sentencing; provide criteria for determining parole eligibility and require hearing before imposing life without parole.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE A PROCEDURE CONSISTENT WITH DECISIONS OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT FOR THE PAROLE OF CERTAIN OFFENDERS WHO WERE UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WHEN THEY COMMITTED THE CRIMES FOR WHICH THEY ARE SENTENCED; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BEFORE CERTAIN JUVENILE OFFENDERS MAY BE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
February 14 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 SenateFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 days
Judiciary, Division BFeb 14 to Mar 3 · stopped18 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 Feb 14 – Mar 3
- Feb 14Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 14Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate