Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2040
Rape or sexual battery of a child; mandate life without parole.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-3-65, 97-3-71, 97-3-95 AND 97-3-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE THE PENALTY OF LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR RAPE OR SEXUAL BATTERY OF A CHILD YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS OF AGE; 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 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 SenateJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 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 Senate Jan 4 – Feb 1
- Jan 4Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 4Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate