l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 286

Sexual Battery; remove statute of limitations when DNA evidence is discovered.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON THE CERTAIN CRIMES OF SEXUAL BATTERY WHEN DNA TESTING PROVIDES ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE; 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

3 co-sponsors

Kent McCarty, Beth Luther Waldo, Dana McLean

Its course

January 17 to April 2, 2024, 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1529 days

Judiciary BJan 17 to Feb 822 days

In the SenateFeb 15 to Apr 2 · stopped47 days

Judiciary, Division BMar 19 to Apr 2 · stopped14 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 17 – Feb 15

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Feb 8Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 15Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 16 – Apr 2

  1. Feb 16Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Denton, Horan and Owen)
  2. Mar 4Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the Senate
  4. Mar 19Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  5. Apr 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 8Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 15PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 16Motion to Reconsider Entered (Denton, Horan, Owen)House of Representatives
  5. Mar 4Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 4Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 19Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  8. Apr 2Died In CommitteeSenate