l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2267

Marijuana; provide for automatic expunction where the amount of marijuana was under the legal amount of medical cannabis.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division 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 CREATE NEW SECTION 99-19-71.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTOMATIC EXPUNCTION OF CONVICTIONS FOR THE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WHERE THE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA WAS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE LEGAL LIMIT OF POSSESSION FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTOMATIC EXPUNCTION OF THE RECORD OF ANY CASE WHERE THE ONLY CHARGES WERE FOR THE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA OR ANY REFERENCE TO A CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA IN THE RECORD OF ANY CASE IN WHICH AN ARREST WAS MADE, THE PERSON ARRESTED WAS RELEASED AND THE CASE WAS DISMISSED OR THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED OR THERE WAS NO DISPOSITION OF SUCH CASE, OR THE PERSON WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY AT TRIAL; TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE EXPUNCTIONS; TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO PROSECUTORS; 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.

In the Senate

1 co-sponsor

Rod Hickman

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

  1. Jan 13Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate