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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2886

Mississippi Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team Law; enact.

Became law as Chapter 472, Laws of 2025, signed April 10, 2025, 80 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAM LAW; TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO AUTHORIZE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAMS WITHIN THE CIRCUIT COURT DISTRICTS OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE TEAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT A TEAM SHALL REVIEW FATAL AND NEAR-FATAL INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RELATED DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MATTERS, AND SUICIDES WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PURPOSE OF A TEAM UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE TO LEARNING HOW TO PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THROUGH EARLY INTERVENTION AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE RESPONSE BY INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; TO PROVIDE LIMITED CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR TEAM MEMBERS AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR INFORMATION, TESTIMONY, RECORDS, REPORTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OBTAINED, GENERATED, OR TRANSMITTED BY A TEAM; 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

2 co-sponsors

Hillman Terome Frazier, Albert Butler

Its course

January 20 to April 10, 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 action21 actions on 16 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 516 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Jan 3010 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 629 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 14 to Mar 418 days

Back in the SenateMar 6 to Apr 732 days

With the GovernorApr 7 to Apr 103 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 6

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 5

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 6Sent to the House
  2. Feb 14Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  3. Mar 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 6Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 7 – Apr 7

  1. Mar 7Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 10Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Mar 17Conferees named in the Senate: Wiggins, England and Parks
  4. Mar 19Conferees named in the House: Creekmore IV, Felsher and Nelson
  5. Mar 31Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Apr 1Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Creekmore IV and Felsher)
  10. Apr 2Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  11. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 7 – Apr 10

  1. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Apr 10Approved by the Governor
All 21 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 5PassedSenate
  4. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 14Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 6AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 6Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 7Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 10Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  11. Mar 17Conferees Named Wiggins,England,ParksSenate
  12. Mar 19Conferees Named Creekmore IV,Felsher,NelsonHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 31Conference Report FiledSenate
  14. Mar 31Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  15. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedSenate
  17. Apr 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Creekmore IV, Felsher)House of Representatives
  18. Apr 2Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  19. Apr 7Enrolled Bill SignedSenate
  20. Apr 7Enrolled Bill SignedHouse of Representatives
  21. Apr 10Approved by GovernorGovernor