Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1554
Parole eligibility; authorize for certain youth who committed offense while under age 18 and received life or life without parole sentence.
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 PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR PERSONS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT OR LIFE IMPRISONMENT WITHOUT PAROLE IF SUCH PERSONS WERE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AT THE TIME OF THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENSE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSONS WERE CONVICTED AND TO ESTABLISH FACTORS SENTENCING COURTS MUST CONSIDER IN DETERMINING WHETHER SUCH PERSONS SHOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL ON THIS SECTION FROM JULY 1, 2024, TO JULY 1, 2025; 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
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsFeb 19 to Mar 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 House of Representatives Feb 19 – Mar 5
- Feb 19Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Judiciary B
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To Corrections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives