l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2556

Motor vehicles; increase penalties for operating without insurance or license and for failing to stop at accidents.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR DRIVING OR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT FIRST SECURING AN OPERATOR'S LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTION 63-15-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR THE FAILURE OF AN OWNER OR OPERATOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE CARD IN THE MOTOR VEHICLE DURING OPERATION; TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-401, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR A DRIVER WHO FAILS TO STOP HIS OR HER VEHICLE THAT IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY TO OR THE DEATH OF A PERSON; TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-403, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO SPECIFY A PENALTY FOR A DRIVER WHO FAILS TO STOP HIS OR HER VEHICLE THAT IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RESULTING ONLY IN DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER VEHICLE; 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 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

Judiciary, Division BJan 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

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate