Mississippi House Bill 485 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 17 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-17 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Provide A Process To Collect And Preserve Sexual Assault Evidence Collection Kits; To Require The Law Enforcement Agency To Immediately Collect And Store The Kit In Compliance With Certain Standards; To Require The Law Enforcement Agency To Send The Kit To The Mississippi Forensics Laboratory Within A Certain Number Of Days; To Require The Forensics Laboratory To Process The Kit And Enter Certain Dna Information Into The Appropriate Federal, State And Local Databases; To Provide Additional Rights For Sexual Assault Victims; To Create The Sexual Assault Evidence Accountability Task Force To Conduct A Study And Issue A Report That Examines The Resources Required To Implement A Rape Kit Tracking System; To Amend Section 99-49-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "profile"; To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing of.

Rep. Angela Cockerham [I]

Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]

Rep. Jill Ford [R]

Rep. Otis Anthony [D]

2023-03-28 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 115 N: 1 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-28 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-08 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House Passed (Y: 117 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-17		Approved by Governor
2023-03-31	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2023-03-31	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2023-03-28	House	Conference Report Adopted
2023-03-28	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2023-03-27	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2023-03-27	House	Conference Report Filed
2023-03-22	Senate	Conferees Named Wiggins,England,Boyd
2023-03-22	House	Conferees Named Cockerham,Blackmon,Lamar
2023-03-14	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2023-03-13	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2023-03-08	Senate	Passed As Amended
2023-03-08	Senate	Amended
2023-02-23	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2023-02-16	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2023-02-03	House	Transmitted To Senate
2023-02-02	House	Passed
2023-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-01-13	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
99	49	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0485.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0485IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0485PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0485SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/sam/HB0485_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/sam/HB0485_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/sam/HB0485_S_Amend_02_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/house/0310019.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/senate/0650014.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/senate/0850015.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/house/0850010.pdf