l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2347

Methamphetamine; revise penalty for simple possession of certain amounts.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTY FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT, UPON CONVICTION OF A FIRST OFFENSE, TO BE ASSESSED AS TO WHETHER THE DEFENDANT SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FROM A DEPARTMENT-CERTIFIED PROVIDER UNLESS THE COURT ENTERS A WRITTEN FINDING THAT A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM IS INAPPROPRIATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COURT SHALL REQUIRE THE DEFENDANT, UPON CONVICTION OF A SECOND OFFENSE, TO PARTICIPATE IN A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FROM A DEPARTMENT-CERTIFIED PROVIDER FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS WITH THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CARE TO BE RECOMMENDED BY THE CERTIFIED PROVIDER UNLESS THE COURT ENTERS A WRITTEN FINDING THAT A DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAM IS INAPPROPRIATE; 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

Its course

January 20 to March 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 1324 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 20 to Jan 288 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 days

Judiciary BFeb 18 to Mar 4 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 Jan 20 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 13Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 17Sent to the House
  2. Feb 18Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 13AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 13Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 17Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 18Referred To Judiciary B;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives