MS HB131

Amends Mississippi's habitual offender statutes to allow parole eligibility for offenders who have served at least 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more

Currently, habitual offenders (those with two prior felony convictions resulting in separate terms of one year or more) must serve their maximum sentence without parole eligibility

Applies the same 10-year parole eligibility provision to habitual offenders whose prior felonies included a crime of violence and who received life sentences

Extends the parole eligibility exception to geriatric parole provisions, allowing habitual offenders age 60 or older to qualify after serving 10 years of a 40+ year sentence

Takes effect July 1, 2026