l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 573

Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Corrections Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REPEAL THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS ANY ELIGIBLE INMATE, WHOSE SENTENCE WAS IMPOSED AFTER JUNE 30, 1995, FROM ACCRUING EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCE THAT EXCEEDS FIFTEEN PERCENT OF HIS OR HER SENTENCE; 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

4 co-sponsors

John W. Hines, Sr., Jeffery Harness, Daryl Porter, Bryant W. Clark

Its course

January 24 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 RepresentativesJan 24 to Mar 5 · stopped41 days

CorrectionsJan 24 to Mar 5 · stopped41 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 Jan 24 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Corrections and on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published