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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2261

Buddy's Law; order psychiatric evaluations for children adjudicated delinquent for abuse of a domesticated dog or cat.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-41-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RENAME THE SECTION "BUDDY'S LAW"; TO REQUIRE A CHILD ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT UNDER THIS SECTION TO RECEIVE A PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION AND COUNSELING OR TREATMENT FOR A LENGTH OF TIME PRESCRIBED BY THE YOUTH COURT; TO AMEND SECTION 43-21-603, 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

8 co-sponsors

Joey Fillingane, Jeremy England, Brice Wiggins, Tyler McCaughn, Kathy L. Chism, Benjamin Suber, David Parker, Robert L. Jackson

Its course

January 17 to March 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 923 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 17 to Feb 115 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

Judiciary BFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 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 17 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 10Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 9Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 9PassedSenate
  5. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 10Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives