l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 558

Wiretapping; authorize state and local law enforcement to use for human trafficking.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-501, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF DIRECTOR TO INCLUDE THE HEAD OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-505, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND THE PURPOSES OF WIRETAPPING TO INCLUDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-29-507, 41-29-509, 41-29-513, 41-29-527 AND 41-29-536, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REGULATE WIRETAPPING PROCEDURES, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 41-29-529, 41-29-531, 41-29-533, 41-29-535, 41-29-519, 41-29-521, 41-29-523, 41-29-525, 41-29-517, 41-29-515 AND 41-29-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR WIRETAPPING PROCEDURES, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 2

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