l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2717

Child abuse; allow evidence of similar crimes in sexual cases.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR EVIDENCE OF SIMILAR CRIMES IN CHILD MOLESTATION OR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Johnnie E. Walls, Jr.

Its course

February 4 to March 18, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Feb 2723 days

Judiciary, Division BFeb 4 to Feb 1915 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 27 to Mar 18 · stopped20 days

Judiciary BFeb 29 to Mar 18 · stopped18 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 4 – Feb 27

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 28 – Mar 18

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published