Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2994
Mentally ill; may not be held in jail pending commitment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT THE MENTALLY ILL MAY NOT BE HELD IN JAIL PENDING MEDICAL TREATMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-4-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 18 to February 2, 2010, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate