l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 337

Seizure and forfeiture; prohibit waiver of forfeiture and revise standard of proof.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-177, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT WAIVERS REGARDING FORFEITURES; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-179, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE STANDARD OF PROOF; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 41-29-153, 41-29-176.1, 41-29-181, 41-29-183 and 41-29-107.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS WEBSITE ON SEIZED PROPERTY AND THE PROSECUTION OF CASES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE DISPOSITION OF SEIZED PROPERTY, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Steve Hopkins

Its course

January 9 to January 31, 2023, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days

Judiciary BJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 House of Representatives Jan 9 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published