l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1289

The Law Enforcement Identity Protection Act; create to protect the identities of officers involved in fatalities until investigation is complete.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE "THE LAW ENFORCEMENT IDENTITY PROTECTION ACT"; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR SUCH ACT; TO PROHIBIT THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THE NAME, RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS OR PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO IS INVOLVED IN A FATALITY UNTIL THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS MADE SUCH INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE A PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BY A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WHEN A FATALITY OCCURS; TO AMEND SECTION 45-1-6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

2 co-sponsors

Kathy Sykes, John W. Hines, Sr.

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2019, 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 action11 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 1222 days

Judiciary AJan 21 to Jan 3110 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped21 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 26 to Mar 5 · stopped7 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

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 21 – Feb 12

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Read the third time in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 5

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Horan, Baker and Wilson)
  2. Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Sent to the Senate
  6. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  7. Died in committee in the Senate
All 11 actions, as published