Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 18, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2260
Right to counsel; authorize State Defender to provide where there is a constitutional right.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-18-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEFENDER TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO CERTAIN PERSONS WHERE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO COUNSEL EXISTS; TO DIRECT THE STATE DEFENDER TO PROMULGATE, IMPLEMENT AND ENFORCE STANDARDS FOR SUCH COUNSEL; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH STANDARDS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE SUPREME COURT; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 6 to March 18, 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 action6 actions on 5 days
In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 629 days
Judiciary, Division AFeb 6 to Mar 528 days
In the House of RepresentativesMar 6 to Mar 18 · stopped12 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 Feb 6 – Mar 6
- Feb 6Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Mar 6Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Mar 7 – Mar 18
- Mar 7Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
- Mar 18Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
- Feb 6Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 5Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Mar 6Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
- Mar 6PassedSenate
- Mar 7Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
- Mar 18Died On CalendarSenate