Mississippi House Bill 743 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Age Of An Older Offender From 60 To 65 And To Increase The Length Of Sentence From 10 To 15 That Such Offender Must Serve On His Or Her Sentence Before The Offender May Be Paroled By The Parole Board, If The Sentencing Judge Or If The Sentencing Judge Is Retired, Disabled Or Incapacitated, The Senior Court Judge Authorizes The Offender To Be Eligible For Parole Consideration Before The Parole Board; To Remove The Crimes That Make Such An Offender Ineligible For Parole; To Amend Sections 41-29-139, 47-5-198, 97-3-2, 97-3-21, 97-31-35, 99-19-81, 99-19-83 And 99-19-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Parole eligibility for older offenders; increase age and length of sentence served to be eligible for parole and remove certain crimes for eligibility.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-17	House	Referred To Corrections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0743.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0743IN.htm