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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2637

Youth court confidentiality; allow attendance only as specifically limited.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division 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 43-21-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE EXCLUSION OF OUTSIDE PARTIES FROM ATTENDING YOUTH COURT PROCEEDINGS ONLY IF THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE YOUTH IS PROTECTED AND WITH PERMISSION OF THE JUDGE AFTER A DETERMINATION THAT THERE WOULD BE NO HARM TO THE YOUTH OR TO THE FAIRNESS OF THE PROCESS; 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

February 17 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 Feb 17 – Mar 3

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