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2019 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2791

Re-entry and employability; implement mechanisms to provide.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 14, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A PERSON'S LICENSE BE SUSPENDED FOR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION THAT IS UNRELATED TO OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE; TO AMEND SECTION 9-23-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE ALL DRUG COURTS TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE OPTION FOR PARTICIPANTS IN A DRUG COURT PROGRAM TO USE MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT WHILE PARTICIPATING IN A DRUG COURT PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-40, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFENDER SHALL NOT BE DENIED EARNED-DISCHARGE CREDITS SOLELY BASED ON NONPAYMENT OF FEES OR FINES IF A DETERMINATION OF INDIGENCE IS MADE; TO AMEND SECTION 47-7-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF INDIGENCE BY THE COURTS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; 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 14, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 14 · stopped24 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 21 to Feb 515 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 14

  1. Jan 21Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 14Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 5Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 14Died On CalendarSenate