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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2778

DUI Transparency Act; create.

Became law as Chapter 503, Laws of 2016, signed May 13, 2016, 95 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE DUI TRANSPARENCY ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT JURISDICTION FOR APPEAL OF DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION LIES IN THE CIRCUIT OR COUNTY COURT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 63-1-58, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT SUSPENSION OR RESTRICTION OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES RUN CONSECUTIVELY AND NOT CONCURRENTLY; TO AMEND SECTION 63-11-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 63-11-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPEAL OF LICENSE SUSPENSION AND TO CLARIFY ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION FOR TEST REFUSAL AND UPON CONVICTION OR NONADJUDICATION; TO AMEND SECTION 63-11-30, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE OFFENSE OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR OTHER DRUGS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-11-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENT OF INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF IGNITION-INTERLOCK DEVICES, TO PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE INDIGENCE ON THE TRIAL COURT, AND TO AUTHORIZE DRUG TESTING OF CERTAIN VIOLATORS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-11-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE COURT CLERKS TO SUBMIT CHARGING AND DISPOSITION INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN A TIMELY MANNER; TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO PERFORM NCIC CHECKS AND NOTE RESULTS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 63-11-49, 63-11-51 AND 63-11-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE SEIZURE, FORFEITURE AND DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF VEHICLES USED IN A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT DUI VIOLATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

February 8 to May 13, 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 action21 actions on 16 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Mar 223 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 8 to Feb 1810 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 2 to Mar 2523 days

Drug PolicyMar 14 to Mar 228 days

Back in the SenateMar 25 to Apr 2632 days

With the GovernorApr 26 to May 1317 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 25

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 Senate Feb 8 – Mar 2

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 3 – Mar 25

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

Back in the Senate Mar 28 – Apr 26

  1. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the Senate: Tindell, Parker and Hopson
  4. Conferees named in the House: Willis, Hood and Horan
  5. Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 26 – May 13

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 21 actions, as published