l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 1072

DNA; require from persons arrested for felonies.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR DNA TESTING GENETIC MARKER ANALYSIS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO ESTABLISH A STATE DNA DATABASE FOR THE STORAGE OF DNA SAMPLES AND EVIDENCE; TO PROVIDE A FEE FOR TESTING; TO REQUIRE THAT DNA SAMPLES SHALL BE OBTAINED AFTER A FELONY ARREST; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PURGING OF THE DATABASE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTHORIZED USE OF DNA EVIDENCE; TO PROVIDE FOR STANDARDIZED FORMS TO USE AS REQUIRED BY THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS TO ESTABLISH FORENSIC LABORATORIES; TO PROVIDE AUTHORIZED USES OF GENETIC MARKER ANALYSIS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 45-1-25, 45-1-27, 47-5-183 AND 99-49-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published