Mississippi Legislature
2005 Regular Session

House Bill 28

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Background

Title

Description: Parole; provide that first-time nonviolent offenders convicted after June 30, 1995, may be eligible.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/04 (H) Referred To Corrections
2 02/01 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2005
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Ishee

Code Sections: A 047-0007-0003, BF 047-0005-0138

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FIRST-TIME NONVIOLENT OFFENDERS CONVICTED AFTER JUNE 30, 1995, MAY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-138, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO GRANT MERITORIOUS EARNED-TIME ALLOWANCES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 02/01/05 at 18:17.

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