Mississippi House Bill 551 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: Passed on March 24 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-24 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Enact The "empowering Reentry Through Licensing Act" Which Provides For A Six-month Provisional Driver's License Issued By The Department Of Public Safety To Eligible Persons Who Have Been Released From Incarceration; To Define Terms; To Authorize Provisional Licenses; To Provide Certain Requirements And Certain Disqualifications For Eligibility; To Require Certain Duties Of The Department Of Public Safety To Administer The Act; To Direct The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Identify Eligible Persons To Apply For A Provisional Driver's License; To Amend Sections 47-5-157 And 47-7-33.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Driver's license; require Department of Public Safety to allow official identifying document of MDOC to suffice for.

Rep. Nick Bain [R]

Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes [D]

Rep. Otis Anthony [D]

2021-03-16 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-03-04 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-09 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 120 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-24		Approved by Governor
2021-03-18	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2021-03-18	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2021-03-16	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2021-03-11	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2021-03-11	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2021-03-08	Senate	Motion to Reconsider Entered
2021-03-04	Senate	Passed As Amended
2021-03-04	Senate	Amended
2021-03-02	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2021-02-18	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B
2021-02-11	House	Transmitted To Senate
2021-02-09	House	Passed As Amended
2021-02-09	House	Amended
2021-01-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	5	157	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	7	33	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0551.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0551IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0551PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0551SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/ham/HB0551_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/sam/HB0551_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0360009.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/senate/0590019.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/votes/house/0710005.pdf