l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1596

Tasers and stun guns; prohibit use of by law enforcement officers.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TASERS AND STUN GUNS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTIONS 97-37-1, 45-9-101, 45-6-11 AND 37-7-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 20 to February 4, 2025, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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 20 – Feb 4

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