Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Drug Policy Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2286
Controlled substances; provide enhanced penalties for possession and distribution of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE ENHANCED PENALTIES FOR TRANSFER OR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO TRANSFER HEROIN OR FENTANYL; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-3-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN OVERDOSE DEATH ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WILL CONSTITUTE MANSLAUGHTER; 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 17 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Drug PolicyJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Drug Policy and on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate