---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corrections; senior status judge may authorize parole eligibility for nonviolent offender."
description: "Corrections; senior status judge may authorize parole eligibility for nonviolent offender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 2469"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2469 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCaughn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/322d17a9-d77f-4de8-b933-8ad97a12f7cf"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml"
source_hash: "d0da2be2025079559c487d9181a75d028bb1599a1a6fcad801b18ef2f47c071a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi SB 2469 (2020) — Corrections; senior status judge may authorize parole eligibility for nonviolent offender.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2469IN.htm)
2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2469** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2469.pdf)
3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2469PS.htm)
4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/pdf/ham/SB2469_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2469SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **116–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **104–9** (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Report — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCaughn — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2020-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2020-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2020-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Sparks,McCaughn
- **2020-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Kinkade,Felsher
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-27T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2020-07-08T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/322d17a9-d77f-4de8-b933-8ad97a12f7cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).