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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2101

Criminal law; revise crimes of fleeing a law enforcement officer and carjacking.

Became law as Chapter 538, Laws of 2023, signed April 20, 2023, 101 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-9-72, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CRIME OF FLEEING OR ELUDING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN A MOTOR VEHICLE; TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM TERM OF IMPRISONMENT FOR THE CRIMES OF CARJACKING AND ARMED CARJACKING; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MINIMUM TERMS IMPOSED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE REDUCED OR SUSPENDED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEFENDANT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTRONIC MONITORING, HOUSE ARREST OR INTENSIVE SUPERVISION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

January 9 to April 20, 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 action24 actions on 16 days

In the SenateJan 9 to Feb 931 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 9 to Jan 2617 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Mar 827 days

Judiciary BFeb 14 to Feb 2814 days

Back in the SenateMar 8 to Apr 427 days

With the GovernorApr 4 to Apr 2016 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 9

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 8

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 9 – Feb 9

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

In the House of Representatives Feb 9 – Mar 8

  1. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Read the third time in the House
  7. Amended in the House
  8. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 9 – Apr 4

  1. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the Senate: Fillingane, England and Barnett
  4. Conferees named in the House: Bain, Horan and Porter
  5. Conference report filed in the House
  6. Conference report filed in the Senate
  7. Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 4 – Apr 20

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 24 actions, as published