l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 572

Sexual battery; conform statute of limitation to rape.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PASSAGE OF TIME WILL NOT BAR PROSECUTION FOR SEXUAL BATTERY WITHOUT REGARD TO THE AGE OF THE VICTIM; 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

2 co-sponsors

Kathy Sykes, Carolyn Crawford

Its course

February 8 to March 22, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 179 days

Judiciary BFeb 8 to Feb 113 days

In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 22 · stopped34 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 29 to Mar 22 · stopped22 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 Feb 8 – Feb 17

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Feb 11Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 17Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 18 – Mar 22

  1. Feb 18Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 29Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 11Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 17PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 18Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 29Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  6. Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate