Mississippi House Bill 483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 97-3-54, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Title Of The Human Trafficking Act For Clarity; To Amend Section 97-3-54.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Penalties For Human Trafficking And Specify Additional Elements Of The Offense Of Human Trafficking; To Amend Section 97-3-54.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 97-3-54.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions; To Create New Section 97-3-54.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Use Of Undercover Operatives To Investigate Suspected Human Trafficking; To Create New Section 97-3-54.6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Injunctive And Other Relief For Victims And To Require Confidentiality; To Create New Section 97-3-54.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Forfeiture Of Assets Used In Furtherance Of Trafficking And To Provide For The Disposition Of Proceeds Of Forfeiture; To Create New Section 97-3-54.8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "relief For Victims Of Human Trafficking Fund"; To Create New Section 97-3-54.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Position Of Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator; To Amend Section 97-29-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Elements And Punishment For The Offense Of Prostitution; To Amend Section 97-29-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Elements And Punishment For The Offense Of Soliciting Prostitution; To Repeal Section 97-29-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Set Forth The Punishment For Prostitution And Solicitation; To Amend Section 97-43-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions In The Racketeering Act; To Amend Sections 97-5-5 And 97-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Offenses Of Enticement Of A Minor To The Tenor Of This Act; To Amend Section 97-5-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Dissemination Of Sexually Oriented Material; To Amend Section 97-5-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Offense Of Computer-luring; To Amend Section 99-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Statute Of Limitations For The Prosecution Of Human Trafficking Cases; And For Related Purposes.

Human trafficking; prohibit.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0483.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0483IN.htm