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2017 Regular Session

House Bill 236

Post-Conviction Relief; revise.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 99-39-5 AND 99-39-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISMISSAL OR DENIAL OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF SHALL NOT BE A BAR TO A SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE APPLICATION OR MOTION FOR RELIEF WHEN THERE HAS BEEN AN ADOPTION OR ENACTMENT OF STATE LAW THAT WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE OUTCOME OF THE CONVICTION OR SENTENCE; 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, Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

January 3 to February 28, 2017, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 3 to Feb 735 days

Drug PolicyJan 3 to Jan 2522 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 28 · stopped21 days

Judiciary, Division BFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 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 Jan 3 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committee on Drug Policy
  2. Jan 25Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 9Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Corrections
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 25Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 20Referred To Judiciary, Division B;CorrectionsSenate
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate