l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2371

Community Policing and Transparency Act; create body-worn camera policy standards.

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 THE COMMUNITY POLICING AND TRANSPARENCY ACT; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; TO DESCRIBE HOW VIDEO FROM THE CAMERAS MUST BE RETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; TO AUTHORIZE WHO MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF A RECORDING; TO PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Derrick T. Simmons

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