l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2868

Radar; authorize limited use of by sheriffs.

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 63-3-519, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES IN ANY COUNTY HAVING A POPULATION OF 140,000 OR MORE TO USE RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE COUNTY, LYING OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF ANY INCORPORATED MUNICIPALITY, AND EXCLUDING ANY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY; TO FORBID THE LEVY OF ANY FINE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF A CITATION WHERE A DRIVER IS DETECTED TO HAVE BEEN TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AS DETECTED BY THE SHERIFF OR HIS DEPUTIES THROUGH THE USE OF RADAR SPEED DETECTION EQUIPMENT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Jeremy England

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.

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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. Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division B and on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published