Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2276
Meritorious earned-time credits; revise application of in relation to parole eligibility date.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MERITORIOUS EARNED TIME MAY BE USED TO REDUCE THE TIME REQUIRED TO BE SERVED FOR PAROLE ELIGIBILITY; TO SPECIFY THAT ONLY THOSE OFFENDERS WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE CONSIDERATION MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE REDUCTION IN TIME TO BE SERVED; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE MINIMUM PERCENTAGE OF THE SENTENCE THAT MUST BE SERVED BEFORE OFFENDERS MAY BE RELEASED FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE AWARD OF MERITORIOUS EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCES, 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
January 12 to February 2, 2021, 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 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days
CorrectionsJan 12 to Feb 2 · 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 Senate Jan 12 – Feb 2
- Jan 12Referred to the Senate committee on Corrections
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To CorrectionsSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate