Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Corrections Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2561
Racial/impact statements; authorize issuance of when proposed legislation may affect criminal offender populations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC IMPACT STATEMENTS THAT EXAMINE HOW PROPOSED LEGISLATION OR PROPOSED BALLOT MEASURES WILL AFFECT CERTAIN POPULATIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY'S OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, TO PREPARE AND PROVIDE THESE IMPACT STATEMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-17-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
CorrectionsJan 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Corrections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Corrections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate