Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2060
Statutory rape; relieve children who are close in age from criminal responsibility.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRIME OF STATUTORY RAPE TO RELIEVE CHILDREN WHO ARE CLOSE IN AGE FROM CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-3-95 AND 97-3-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CRIME OF SEXUAL BATTERY TO RELIEVE CHILDREN WHO ARE CLOSE IN AGE FROM CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 5 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 SenateJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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 Senate Jan 5 – Jan 31
- Jan 5Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 5Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate