Mississippi House Bill 1245 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
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 21-21-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governing Authorities Of Municipalities To Provide Police Officers Who Are On Duty With Cameras That Are To Be Worn On The Uniforms Of Such Officers; To Prohibit Such Authorities From Purchasing Police Vehicles Until The Provision Of Cameras Is Made; To Provide Penalties For Police Officers Who Fail To Wear Such Cameras; To Amend Section 41-29-181, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Police Departments From Using Certain Fortified Funds To Purchase Such Vehicles Until The Provision Of Cameras Is Made; And For Related Purposes.

Municipalities; require to provide police officers with certain cameras and provide certain penalties for failure to make provision.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Municipalities;Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1245.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1245IN.htm