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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2752

Bail to be posted by criminal defendants; make revisions to bail system.

Sent to the Governor on March 8, 2017, and did not become law. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-23-8, 99-5-9 AND 99-5-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE CERTAIN REVISIONS TO THE BAIL SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF BAIL SHALL BE PRESUMED TO BE ATTAINABLE BY THE DEFENDANT, TO REQUIRE THE COURT TO MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE DEFENDANT CAN BE RELEASED ON RECOGNIZANCE IN CASES OF INDIGENCY, TO PROVIDE THAT NO MISDEMEANOR DEFENDANT SHALL BE INCARCERATED OR RELEASED SOLELY BECAUSE HE CANNOT AFFORD TO POST BAIL, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT MAY NOT REQUIRE CASH BAIL FROM THE DEFENDANT; 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

Its course

January 16 to March 23, 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 action12 actions on 10 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 823 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 16 to Jan 3115 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 828 days

Judiciary BFeb 21 to Feb 287 days

With the GovernorMar 8 to Mar 23 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 8

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 16 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 8Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 9 – Mar 8

  1. Feb 9Sent to the House
  2. Feb 21Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Feb 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 7Read the third time in the House
  5. Mar 8Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

To the Governor Mar 9 – Mar 23

  1. Mar 9Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 23Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 8Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 8PassedSenate
  5. Feb 9Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 21Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 28Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 7Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 8AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 8Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 9Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 23Died On CalendarSenate