Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
House Bill 622
Expungement; require the court to do so when charges are dismissed or dropped.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE ANY COURT IN WHICH AN ARREST WAS MADE, THE PERSON ARRESTED WAS RELEASED AND THE CASE WAS DISMISSED OR THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED, THERE WAS NO DISPOSITION OF SUCH CASE, OR THE PERSON WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY AT TRIAL TO EXPUNGE THE RECORD OF SUCH PERSON OF ALL OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS, ALL RECORDATION RELATING TO AN ARREST, INDICTMENT, TRIAL, FINDING OF GUILTY AND SENTENCE OF ANY CASE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EFFECT OF SUCH ORDER SHALL BE TO RESTORE SUCH PERSON, IN THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE LAW, TO THE STATUS HE OR SHE OCCUPIED BEFORE SUCH ARREST OR INDICTMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-23-23, 99-15-59, 99-15-57, 99-15-123, 99-15-26, 41-29-150, 9-11-15 AND 21-23-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 14 to February 1, 2022, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 1 · stopped18 days
Judiciary BJan 14 to Feb 1 · stopped18 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 14 – Feb 1
- Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
- Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 14Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives