l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1302

State Public Defender offices; merge into one office.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 3, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL DEFENSE COUNSEL, THE OFFICE OF INDIGENT APPEALS, AND THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING INTO THE OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER; TO PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE, BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL DEFENSE COUNSEL, THE OFFICE OF INDIGENT APPEALS, AND THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING; TO AMEND SECTION 99-18-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ACCOMPLISH THE CONSOLIDATION, TO COORDINATE THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF STATISTICAL DATA RELATED TO THE INDIGENT DEFENSE SYSTEM, AND TO DEVELOP PLANS AND PROPOSALS FOR A STATEWIDE PUBLIC DEFENDER SYSTEM IN COORDINATION WITH THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC DEFENDER TASK FORCE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 99-18-3, 99-18-5, 99-18-7, 99-18-9, 99-18-11, 99-18-13, 99-18-15, 99-18-17 AND 99-40-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO AMEND SECTION 99-39-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI OFFICE OF CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION COUNSEL; TO REPEAL SECTION 99-18-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT, UPON DETERMINATION OF INDIGENCE, THE CIRCUIT COURT MAY APPOINT LOCAL COUNSEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING DEATH ELIGIBLE INDIGENT DEFENDANTS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CAPITAL DEFENSE COUNSEL SPECIAL FUND, AND THAT UPON DETERMINATION OF LACK OF COMPETENT LOCAL COUNSEL, A STATE DEFENDER MAY BE APPOINTED; 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

Its course

January 17 to March 3, 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 action9 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 822 days

Judiciary AJan 17 to Feb 115 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Mar 3 · stopped23 days

Judiciary, Division BFeb 10 to Feb 2313 days

AppropriationsFeb 23 to Feb 241 day

AppropriationsMar 3 to Mar 3 · stopped0 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 8

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 8Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 9Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 10Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 23Reported as amended from JB to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 24Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  5. Mar 3Recommitted to committee in the Senate
  6. Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 8PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10Referred To Judiciary, Division B;AppropriationsSenate
  6. Feb 23DR - TSDPAA: JB To APSenate
  7. Feb 24Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedSenate
  8. Mar 3Recommitted to CommitteeSenate
  9. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate