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MS HB232

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

2/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Johnson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code sections 99-19-81 and 99-19-83 to exclude drug offense convictions from counting toward habitual offender sentencing enhancements
  • Excludes nonviolent crime convictions from being counted as prior convictions for habitual offender purposes, defining nonviolent crimes as any offense other than those listed in Section 97-3-2
  • Applies to both standard habitual offender sentencing (maximum term imprisonment) and enhanced habitual offender sentencing (life imprisonment when one prior felony is a crime of violence)
  • Effective July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Habitual offender law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary B1/10/2025

Full Bill Text

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