Mississippi House Bill 1234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 43-21-121, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Youth Court To Utilize A Trained Court-appointed Special Advocate (casa) Volunteer In Abuse And Neglect Cases; To Provide The Process Of Appointment For A Casa Volunteer As Well As The Duties And Expectations Of The Volunteer; To Amend Section 43-21-261, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Youth Court To Disclose Certain Records To A Casa Volunteer; To Amend Sections 43-15-13 And 43-21-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Youth court; authorize to utilize volunteer Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) in abuse and neglect cases.

Rep. David Baria [D]

Rep. Christopher Bell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Youth and Family Affairs;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1234.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1234IN.htm