l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 120

Attempted murder; create offense.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 97-3-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE COMMISSION OF ATTEMPTED MURDER; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE OFFENSE OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Jessica Upshaw

Its course

February 6 to April 3, 2012, 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 action10 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 1336 days

Judiciary BFeb 6 to Feb 2418 days

In the SenateMar 13 to Apr 3 · stopped21 days

Judiciary, Division BMar 19 to Apr 3 · 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 Feb 6 – Mar 13

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Point of order raised in the House
  4. Set aside in the House until the chair rules on the point of order
  5. Point of order withdrawn in the House
  6. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 13 – Apr 3

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Wooten, Gipson and Buck (72nd))
  2. Sent to the Senate
  3. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  4. Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published