Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2266
Marijuana; authorize expunction of convictions where amount was under the legally allowed amount of medical cannabis.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WHERE THE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA WAS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE LEGAL LIMIT OF POSSESSION FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS MAY PETITION THE COURT IN WHICH THE CONVICTION WAS HAD FOR AN ORDER TO EXPUNGE ANY SUCH CONVICTION FROM ALL PUBLIC RECORDS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PETITION AUTHORIZED IN THIS SUBSECTION MAY BE FILED WITHOUT DELAY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-7-25 AND 81-18-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE MINOR, NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO CONFORM; 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 13 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 SenateJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 13 to Jan 31 · stopped18 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 13 – Jan 31
- Jan 13Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 13Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate