Mississippi House Bill 1140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 9-23-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Certification Process Of The Administrative Office Of Courts For Drug Courts Shall Require Data From Such Courts Concerning The Total Number Of Applications For Screening Based Upon Certain Criteria And Whether Or Not An Applicant Was Accepted Into A Drug Court Program; To Amend Section 9-23-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Eligibility Requirements For Drug Courts By Authorizing Offenders Who Committed Burglary Of An Unoccupied Dwelling To Become Eligible; To Provide A Mechanism For Offenders Who Have Been Released From Certain Supervision And Who Have Been Determined To Be In Need Of Specialized Reentry Supervision To Meet With His Senior Circuit Judge, Or His Designee, Along With Other Officials, To Determine If The Person Should Be Admitted To A Drug Court, Veteran's Court, Mental Heath Court Or Other Similar Problem-solving Court; And For Related Purposes.

Drug courts; revise eligibility for and require Administrative Office of Courts to collect certain data from.

Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Drug Policy

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1140.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1140IN.htm