A proposed bill that would give prisoners sentenced to life without the possibility of parole a chance to appear before the parole board after serving 25 years drew speakers from both sides at a hearing of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee.

Rep. Liz Miranda, D-Suffolk, one of the bill’s sponsors, said the legislation would not apply to the most violent offenders. She told the committee she would oppose a sentence of life without parole for the man who killed her brother in 2017.