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2019 Regular Session

House Bill 260

"Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.

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 "MISSISSIPPI JOINT MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE THAT TWO OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES MAY ESTABLISH A JOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF SUCH MUNICIPALITIES DETERMINE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT A JOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY A BOARD; TO PROVIDE THE MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH BOARD; TO PRESCRIBE THE ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS OF A JOINT DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A JOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR A JOINT DEPARTMENT; 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

3 co-sponsors

Kathy Sykes, Kabir Karriem, John G. Faulkner

Its course

January 14 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 action14 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 724 days

MunicipalitiesJan 14 to Jan 2915 days

Judiciary AJan 29 to Jan 312 days

MunicipalitiesJan 31 to Jan 310 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 5 · stopped26 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 7

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 14 – Feb 7

  1. Referred to the House committees on Municipalities and on Judiciary A
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from MU to JA in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported as a committee substitute from JA to MU in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  6. Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 5

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Rushing and Hopkins)
  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 committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  7. Died in committee in the Senate
All 14 actions, as published