l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 570

Radar; authorize sheriffs and deputies, in counties with a popluation of at leat 100,000 on county roads outside municipal boundaries.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B 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 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES IN ANY COUNTY HAVING A POPULATION OF 100,000 OR MORE TO USE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE COUNTY, LYING OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY, AND EXCLUDING ANY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY; TO FORBID THE LEVY OF ANY FINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A CITATION WHERE A DRIVER IS DETECTED TO HAVE BEEN TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AS DETECTED BY THE SHERIFF OR HIS DEPUTIES THROUGH THE USE OF RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT; 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

5 co-sponsors

Tom Weathersby, Gene Newman, Brent Powell, Fred Shanks, Lee Yancey

Its course

February 5 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 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

Judiciary BFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 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 House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published