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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 523

First Circuit Court District; revise composition of judgeships.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 9-7-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM THE JUDGESHIPS OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 9-7-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE TWENTY-THIRD CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT WITH CERTAIN COUNTIES THAT WERE FORMERLY IN THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE FOR JUDGES TO SERVE THE TWENTY-THIRD CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND ELECTION OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE NEWLY CREATED TWENTY-THIRD CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-31-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF LEGAL ASSISTANTS IN THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT AND TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANTS FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-31-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; 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

Its course

February 4 to March 3, 2020, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped28 days

Judiciary AFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped28 days

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 Feb 4 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives