Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 756
The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require local law enforcement agencies to input missing person in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS).
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSING PERSONS REPORTING AND IDENTIFICATION ACT; TO REQUIRE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ACCEPT A REPORT OF A MISSING PERSON; TO PERMIT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN DNA OF THE MISSING PERSON OR A REFERENCE SAMPLE FROM A FAMILY'S MEMBER'S DNA TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS) AND THE MISSISSIPPI FORENSIC DNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM OR THE NATIONAL DNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM; TO PROHIBIT A LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FROM ACCEPTING A MISSING PERSON REPORT; TO REQUIRE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ACCEPT MISSING PERSON REPORTS IN PERSON; TO PROVIDE FOR THE INFORMATION THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHALL ATTEMPT TO GATHER REGARDING THE MISSING PERSON'S DISAPPEARANCE; TO REQUIRE THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO GENERATE A REPORT OF THE MISSING PERSON WITHIN THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS) IF THE PERSON IDENTIFIED REPORT REMAINS MISSING AFTER FIVE DAYS, BUT NOT MORE THAN FIFTEEN DAYS; TO DEFINE THE TERM "HIGH-RISK MISSING PERSON" AND THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENSURE THAT THOSE PERSONS ARE INPUT IN THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM (NAMUS); TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINING HOW TO PRIORITIZE ANALYSIS OF THE SAMPLES RELATING TO MISSING PERSON CASES; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY ALL LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITHIN THIS STATE AND THE SURROUNDING REGION OF INFORMATION THAT WILL AID IN THE PROMPT LOCATION AND SAFE RETURN OF HIGH RISK MISSING PERSONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 43-15-401 AND 45-41-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
Judiciary BJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives