Mississippi House Bill 1554 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Parole eligibility; authorize for certain youth who committed offense while under age 18 and received life or life without parole sentence.

Rep. Joey Hood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Corrections;Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	7	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1554.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1554IN.htm