l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 137

Forensic evidence; require review of certain cases.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary En Banc Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE REVIEW OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN CERTAIN CAPITAL CASES TO DETERMINE IF ANY EVIDENCE IS TAINTED AND IF ANY VERDICT WAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PETITION FOR APPROPRIATE RELIEF WHEN NECESSARY; 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 4 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days

Judiciary En BancJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 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 House of Representatives Jan 4 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary En Banc
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published