l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2561

"Empower Reentry Through Licensing Act"; authorize provisional driver's licenses for eligible inmates.

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 ENACT THE "EMPOWERING REENTRY THROUGH LICENSING ACT" WHICH PROVIDES FOR A SIX-MONTH PROVISIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO AUTHORIZE PROVISIONAL LICENSES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND CERTAIN DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ADMINISTER THE ACT; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO IDENTIFY ELIGIBLE PERSONS TO APPLY FOR A PROVISIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-157 AND 47-7-33.1, 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

11 co-sponsors

David Blount, Juan Barnett, John Horhn, Tammy Witherspoon, Angela Turner-Ford, Derrick T. Simmons, Sarita Simmons, David Jordan, Sampson Jackson II, Joseph Thomas, Albert Butler

Its course

January 18 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 18 to Feb 316 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 18 to Jan 268 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 2 · stopped27 days

Judiciary BFeb 24 to Mar 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 Senate Jan 18 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 4Sent to the House
  2. Feb 24Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Mar 2Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 3PassedSenate
  4. Feb 4Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 24Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives