l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 175

"Jennifer's Law"; enact to prohibit state and local agencies from establishing traffic ticket quotas.

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 CREATE "JENNIFER'S LAW" TO PROHIBIT ANY STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY THAT EMPLOYS PEACE OFFICERS OR PARKING ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEES FROM ESTABLISHING ANY POLICY REQUIRING ANY SUCH OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES TO MEET AN ARREST QUOTA CONCERNING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS; TO PROHIBIT THE NUMBER OF ARRESTS OR CITATIONS ISSUED BY A PEACE OFFICER OR PARKING ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE AS THE SOLE CRITERION FOR EARNING ANY BENEFIT PROVIDED BY A STATE OR LOCAL AGENCY; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN DEFINITIONS; 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 10 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 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

Judiciary BJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 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 10 – Feb 4

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