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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1140

Drug courts; revise eligibility for and require Administrative Office of Courts to collect certain data from.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Drug Policy Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-23-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS FOR DRUG COURTS SHALL REQUIRE DATA FROM SUCH COURTS CONCERNING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR SCREENING BASED UPON CERTAIN CRITERIA AND WHETHER OR NOT AN APPLICANT WAS ACCEPTED INTO A DRUG COURT PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 9-23-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR DRUG COURTS BY AUTHORIZING OFFENDERS WHO COMMITTED BURGLARY OF AN UNOCCUPIED DWELLING TO BECOME ELIGIBLE; TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR OFFENDERS WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM CERTAIN SUPERVISION AND WHO HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE IN NEED OF SPECIALIZED REENTRY SUPERVISION TO MEET WITH HIS SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGE, OR HIS DESIGNEE, ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICIALS, TO DETERMINE IF THE PERSON SHOULD BE ADMITTED TO A DRUG COURT, VETERAN'S COURT, MENTAL HEATH COURT OR OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEM-SOLVING COURT; 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 15 to January 30, 2018, 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 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Drug PolicyJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 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 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Drug Policy
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives