l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2248

Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 45-6-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A RIGHT TO FOLLOW-UP TESTING FOR A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO TESTS POSITIVE FOR ILLEGAL DRUG USE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR TERMS OF SUSPENSION PENDING THE RECEIPT OF RESULTS FROM THE FOLLOW-UP TEST; TO AMEND SECTION 45-6-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

1 co-sponsor

Nicole Boyd

Its course

January 11 to March 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 11 to Feb 1131 days

LaborJan 11 to Jan 2716 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 2 · stopped19 days

Judiciary BFeb 22 to Mar 2 · stopped8 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 11 – Feb 11

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Labor
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 12 – Mar 2

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published