l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 365

Murder; create first and second degree and revise penalty.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A 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 97-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSES OF FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR THE CRIME OF MURDER; 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

Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

January 16 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 16 to Jan 3115 days

Judiciary AJan 16 to Jan 2913 days

In the SenateJan 31 to Mar 5 · stopped33 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 15 to Mar 5 · stopped18 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 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 1 – Mar 5

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published