l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2755

Public Defender Task Force; extend repeal clause and revise Capital Defense Counsel Fund.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations 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 25-32-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE SUNSET PROVISION FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TASK FORCE; TO AMEND SECTION 99-18-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE CAPITAL DEFENSE COUNSEL FUND, WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS; TO AMEND SECTION 99-18-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO THE CAPITAL DEFENSE COUNSEL FUND, WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS, AND TO REMOVE THE LANGUAGE OSTENSIBLY CREATING THAT FUND; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 99-18-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CODIFY AND REENACT LANGUAGE CREATING THE INDIGENT APPEALS DIVISION, PROVIDING FOR THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF THEREOF, AND THE COMPENSATION AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF; TO REPEAL SECTION 99-40-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF AND FOR THE COMPENSATION AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR AND STAFF, CREATES THE INDIGENT APPEALS FUND, CREATES THE PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING DIVISION, AND CREATES THE PUBLIC DEFENDERS EDUCATION FUND; 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 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 15 to Jan 2510 days

AppropriationsJan 25 to Jan 30 · stopped5 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 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 25Reported from JB to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Judiciary, Division B;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 25DR - TSDP: JB To APSenate
  3. Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate