Mississippi House Bill 238 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If An Inmate Has Been Convicted Of A Violent Felony After The Inmate Had Been Convicted Previously Of Another Violent Felony And Served Time For Such Previous Felony Then The Inmate Is Ineligible For Earned Time Allowance; To Define The Term "violent Felony"; To Amend Section 47-5-138.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Inmate In Trusty Status Is Ineligible For The Accumulation Of Trusty Time Allowance If Such Trusty Has Been Convicted Of A Violent Felony After The Trusty Had Been Convicted Previously Of Another Violent Felony And Served Time For Such Previous Felony; And For Related Purposes.

Earned time allowances; prohibit certain inmates from obtaining.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Mark Formby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-13		Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0238.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0238IN.htm