l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 290

Racial Profiling Prevention Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "RACIAL PROFILING PREVENTION ACT"; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM ENGAGING IN RACIAL PROFILING; TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO DEVELOP POLICIES PROHIBITING TRAFFIC STOPS MOTIVATED BY A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO COLLECT CERTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO TRAFFIC STOPS AND TO SUBMIT COPIES OF COMPLAINTS ALLEGING RACIAL PROFILING TO THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION REGARDING TRAFFIC STOPS AND COMPLAINTS ALLEGING RACIAL PROFILING TO BE COMPILED INTO A REPORT FOR THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PREPARE FORMS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THESE REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES; 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

Its course

January 17 to March 5, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 days

Judiciary BJan 17 to Mar 5 · stopped48 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 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published