---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act\"; enact."
description: "\"Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act\"; enact."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 2795"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2795 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barnett"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-22T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a163510c-9f8f-4cdd-acde-4cda87ef44ee"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Butler.xml"
source_hash: "704b8d8635c05b41ea9d622c9a12755649ebcabd0d837fc92981f2fcbc41838e"
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 2795 (2021) — "Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act"; enact.

## 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/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 (Cmte Sub) (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/sam/SB2795_S_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2795.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/pdf/ham/SB2795_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795CS.htm)
7. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2795SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **105–9** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Report — **91–27** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barnett — primary (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (11th) — cosponsor (person)
- Jackson (32nd) — cosponsor (person)
- Simmons (13th) — cosponsor (person)
- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
- Wiggins — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2021-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Horan, Mickens, Hobgood-Wilkes)
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Barnett,Sparks,Wiggins
- **2021-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Horan,Goodin,Faulkner
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order Raised
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Point of Order-Not Well Taken
- **2021-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-04-22T05:00:00+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/a163510c-9f8f-4cdd-acde-4cda87ef44ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).