Bill Text: MS HB1441 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed


Bill Title: Felony; increase penalties for commission of with use of semi-automatic firearm.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-05-02 - Died In Conference [HB1441 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-HB1441-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representatives Horan, McLean

House Bill 1441

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR USE OF A FIREARM DURING THE COMMISSION OF A FELONY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 97-37-37, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     97-37-37.  (1)  Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided by any other provision of law, any person who uses or displays a firearm during the commission of any felony that is not defined as a crime of violence in Section 97-3-2 shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of five (5) years * * *,which sentence shall not be reduced or suspended.

     (2)  Except to the extent that a greater minimum sentence is otherwise provided by any other provision of law, any convicted felon who uses or displays a firearm during the commission of any felony that is defined as a crime of violence in Section 97-3-2 shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections of * * *ten (10) twenty (20) years, to run consecutively, not concurrently, which sentence shall not be reduced or suspended.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.


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