Mississippi House Bill 765 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 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 47-5-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If An Inmate Has Been Convicted Of A Violent Crime After The Inmate Had Been Convicted Previously Of Another Violent Crime And Served Time For The Previous Crime Then The Inmate Is Ineligible For Earned Time Allowance; 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 The Trusty Has Been Convicted Of A Violent Crime And Served Time For The Previous Violent Crime; And For Related Purposes.

Earned time allowances; prohibit offenders convicted of previous violent crime from obtaining.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

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/HB0765.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0765IN.htm