l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2397

Controlled substances; authorize automatic defense for charges brought within two years of a federal declassification.

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 CREATE A NEW SECTION WITHIN TITLE 41, CHAPTER 29, ARTICLE 3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE HEALTH OFFICER TO ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER TO MIRROR A FEDERAL ACTION TO CLASSIFY OR DECLASSIFY A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON THE ORDER; TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMATIC DEFENSE TO PROSECUTION FOR ANY CHARGE THAT IS BROUGHT WITHIN TWO YEARS OF A FEDERAL DECLASSIFICATION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF THE OFFENSE; 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

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 action8 actions on 5 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 721 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 17 to Jan 269 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Mar 1 · stopped22 days

Judiciary BFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 7

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

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 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 7AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 7Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 10Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives