l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 1320

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 5, 2013. The 2013 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; TO DELETE THE REPEALER ON THIS SECTION; 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

3 co-sponsors

Omeria Scott, Chris Brown, Carolyn Crawford

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2013, 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 21 to Feb 717 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 21 to Jan 3110 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 5 · stopped26 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped21 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 21 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 7Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 8 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 8Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 12Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 8Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division ASenate
  6. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate