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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 985

Family protection specialists and workers; require training in legal duties to protect rights of persons being investigated.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-1-55, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO TRAIN ALL FAMILY PROTECTION SPECIALISTS AND FAMILY PROTECTION WORKERS IN THEIR LEGAL DUTIES TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM THE INITIAL TIME OF CONTACT, DURING INVESTIGATION AND THROUGH INTERVENTION; 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 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 923 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 17 to Jan 2710 days

In the SenateFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 14 to Mar 1 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 9Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 10Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 14Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 9PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 14Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
  6. Mar 1Died In CommitteeSenate