l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 663

Tort immunity; remove specific exemption when police action results in serious injury or death.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 11-46-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXCLUDE POLICE ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH OF ANOTHER PERSON FROM THE LIST OF SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES FROM WHICH A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY IS EXEMPT LIABILITY; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 11-46-5, 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

February 8 to February 23, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23

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