l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1355

Youth court; prohibit wearing of restraints by child appearing before court unless certain findings are made by court.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RESTRAINT UPON ANY CHILD WHO APPEARS BEFORE YOUTH COURT UNLESS CERTAIN FINDINGS ARE MADE BY THE YOUTH COURT JUDGE; TO PROVIDE, WHENEVER PRACTICABLE, THAT ALL PARTIES MAY BE HEARD BY THE YOUTH COURT ON THE PROPOSED USE OF SUCH RESTRAINTS; TO REQUIRE THAT IF INSTRUMENTS OF RESTRAINTS ARE USED, THEN THE YOUTH COURT JUDGE MUST MAKE A WRITTEN FINDINGS OF FACT IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDER; 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 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days

Judiciary BJan 19 to Feb 214 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 12

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published