l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1292

Vulnerable person; abuse of is felony not misdemeanor, and reckless abuse is also included.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-47-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ABUSE OF A VULNERABLE PERSON IS A FELONY INSTEAD OF A MISDEMEANOR; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON IS GUILTY OF ABUSING A VULNERABLE PERSON IF THE ACT OR OMISSION THAT CAUSES THE ABUSE WAS DONE RECKLESSLY, NOT JUST WILLFULLY; 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 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 19 to Feb 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 Jan 19 – Feb 3

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