l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 635

Police Safety Act of 2017; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE POLICE SAFETY ACT OF 2017; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; TO PROVIDE THAT BODY-WORN CAMERAS SHALL NOT BE USED TO GATHER INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION BASED ON FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS OR TO RECORD CERTAIN ACTIVITY; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE RETENTION OF VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDED BY A BODY-WORN CAMERA; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN VIDEO FOOTAGE IS EXEMPT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR OFFICERS WHO FAIL TO ADHERE TO THE RETENTION REQUIREMENT OR INTENTIONALLY INTERFERE WITH A BODY-WORN CAMERA; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL RECORDED DATA IS UNDER THE EXCLUSIVE CONTROL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; TO REQUIRE ANNUAL TRAINING FOR OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO WEAR CAMERAS; TO SPECIFY WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BODY-WORN CAMERA TRAINING; 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

January 13 to January 31, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days

Judiciary BJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 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 13 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Judiciary B;Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives