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MS HB341

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

1/31/2023

Primary Sponsor

Jeffery Harness

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amend Section 99-19-81 to limit habitual offender penalties to felonies defined as crimes of violence under Section 97-3-2, excluding nonviolent offenders from mandatory maximum sentences.

  • Amend Section 99-19-83 to restrict life imprisonment sentences for habitual offenders to cases where at least one prior felony conviction was a crime of violence.

  • Repeal Section 41-29-147, which currently provides penalties for second or subsequent drug offenses.

  • Effective date is July 1, 2023.

Legislative Description

Habitual offenders; exclude nonviolent offenders.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/31/2023

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B1/9/2023

Full Bill Text

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