Mississippi 2019 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 349 — Correctional facility staff; shall not be eligible for reduction of sentence if convicted of sale/use drugs while employed at facility.

Last action — Died In Committee

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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The bill establishes that correctional staff convicted of drug-related offenses within correctional facilities are ineligible for various forms of sentence reduction.

  • Section 47-5-198

    and if the person is convicted under subsection (2), the person is not eligible for probation, parole, suspension of sentence, earned time allowance or any other reduction of sentence. → and if the person is convicted under subsection (2), the person is not eligible for probation, parole, suspension of sentence, earned time allowance or any other reduction of sentence;

    Clarifies that correctional staff convicted under this section are not eligible for sentence reductions.

  • Section 47-5-138.1

    or (f) The offender was convicted of selling, possessing or using a controlled substance within a correctional facility while employed at such facility under Section 47-5-198.

    Includes conviction for drug-related offenses within correctional facilities as a disqualifier for sentence reduction.

  • Section 47-5-139

    or (f) The inmate was convicted of selling, possessing or using a controlled substance within a correctional facility while employed at such facility under Section 47-5-198.

    Establishes that inmates convicted of drug-related offenses in correctional facilities are not eligible for earned time allowances.

  • Section 47-7-33

    except in a case where a death sentence or life imprisonment is the maximum penalty which may be imposed or where the defendant is convicted of selling, possessing or using a controlled substance within a correctional facility while employed at the facility under Section 47-5-198, → except in a case where a death sentence or life imprisonment is the maximum penalty which may be imposed,

    Specifies that convictions under this section for drug-related offenses remove eligibility for probation.

  • Section 47-5-142

    unless the offender convicted of selling, possessing or using a controlled substance within a correctional facility while employed at the facility under Section 47-5-198,

    Excludes offenders convicted of drug offenses in correctional facilities from eligibility for meritorious earned time.

Action History

  1. Died In Committee

  2. Referred To Corrections

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (174)

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 349?
HB 349 is sponsored by Bill Kinkade (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 349?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 349?
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