l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 701

Drug penalties; revise.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Drug Policy 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 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR SELL OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; 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 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 action10 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 122 days

Drug PolicyFeb 8 to Feb 179 days

In the SenateMar 1 to Mar 22 · stopped21 days

Drug PolicyMar 11 to Mar 22 · stopped11 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 1

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Drug Policy
  2. Feb 17Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 25Read the third time in the House
  4. Mar 1Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 1 – Mar 22

  1. Mar 1Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Dixon, Willis, Clarke and Holland)
  2. Mar 2Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Mar 3Sent to the Senate
  4. Mar 11Referred to the Senate committee on Drug Policy
  5. Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 17Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 1AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 1Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Dixon, Willis, Clarke, Holland)House of Representatives
  7. Mar 2Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 11Referred To Drug PolicySenate
  10. Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate