Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Drug Policy Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2122
Opioid and other controlled substances epidemic; provide enhanced penalties.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR TRANSFER OR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO TRANSFER HEROIN OR FENTANYL; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OVERDOSE DEATH ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WILL CONSTITUTE MANSLAUGHTER; 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
January 8 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 SenateJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 days
Drug PolicyJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 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 Jan 8 – Feb 2
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committees on Drug Policy and on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate