Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Drug Policy Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2650
Marijuana; civil penalty for simple possession of small amount.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA TO A CIVIL PENALTY; TO AMEND SECTION 21-23-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GRANT TO MUNICIPAL COURTS JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL OFFENSES; 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
Sponsor
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
Drug PolicyFeb 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
- Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Drug Policy and on Judiciary, Division B
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 17Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate