l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2335

Overdose death or serious bodily injury; fix criminal liability for unlawful distribution.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE CRIMINAL LIABILITY ON THE PART OF A DRUG DEALER OR OTHER DISTRIBUTOR OF DRUGS WHO PROVIDE CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES TO A VICTIM WHO DIES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM THE PENALTY FOR MANSLAUGHTER TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-142, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE AN OFFENSE OF CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY BY OVERDOSE OF CERTAIN DRUGS AGAINST A DRUG DEALER OR OTHER DISTRIBUTOR OF THE SUBSTANCES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY THEREFOR; 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 21 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 Senate Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published