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 2595
Marijuana; civil penalty for simple possession of small amount.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE PUNISHMENT FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA TO A CIVIL PENALTY; TO AMEND SECTION 21-23-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GRANT TO MUNICIPAL COURTS JURISDICTION OVER CIVIL OFFENSES; 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 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 SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
Drug PolicyJan 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 Senate Jan 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the Senate committees on Drug Policy and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate