l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 797

Sexual battery; remove statute of limitations for prosecution of crime of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations 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 99-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PASSAGE OF TIME WILL NOT BAR PROSECUTION FOR SEXUAL BATTERY WITHOUT REGARD TO THE AGE OF THE VICTIM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 25-31-5 AND 25-31-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 9-7-5, 9-7-7, 9-7-9, 9-7-11, 9-7-13, 9-7-14, 9-7-15, 9-7-17, 9-7-19, 9-7-20, 9-7-21, 9-7-23, 9-7-25, 9-7-29, 9-7-27, 9-7-30, 9-7-31, 9-7-32, 9-7-33, 9-7-34, 9-7-35, 9-7-37, 9-7-39, 9-7-41, 9-7-42, 9-7-43, 9-7-44, 9-7-45, 9-7-46, 9-7-47, 9-7-49, 9-7-51, 9-7-53, 9-7-54, 9-7-55, 9-7-57, 9-7-63 AND 9-7-64, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE FIRST THROUGH TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICTS, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 18 to Jan 279 days

AppropriationsJan 27 to Feb 2 · stopped6 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. Jan 18Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 27Reported as a committee substitute from JB to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Judiciary B;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27DR - TSDPCS: JB To APHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives