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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1232

Juvenile Detention Reform Act of 2011; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE JUVENILE DETENTION REFORM ACT OF 2011; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A YOUTH COURT JUDGE OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ISSUE AN ORDER BEFORE A CHILD MAY BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO BE LICENSED ON A YEARLY BASIS; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH LICENSING REQUIREMENTS BE MADE BY THE JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVES TASK FORCE; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN STANDARDS FOR JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS REGARDING DETAINING YOUTH IN LOCKED CELLS; TO AUTHORIZE YOUTH COURT JUDGES TO ORDER PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE ALONG WITH THEIR CHILD WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER AS LONG AS SUCH SERVICE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THE WORK SCHEDULE OF THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS; TO ESTABLISH THE JUVENILE DETENTION ALTERNATIVES TASK FORCE AND ITS ADVISORY GROUP; TO PRESCRIBE THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND DUTIES; 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 House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

John W. Hines, Sr., Omeria Scott, Bryant W. Clark

Its course

January 17 to March 1, 2011, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 923 days

Juvenile JusticeJan 17 to Jan 2710 days

In the SenateFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

Judiciary, Division BFeb 17 to Mar 1 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 9

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 House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Juvenile Justice
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Juvenile JusticeHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 9Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 9AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 9Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  8. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate