Mississippi House Bill 599 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Failed on March 22 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-22 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Witness Protection Program In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide For The Appointment Of The Witness Protection Board; To Require Witness Protection Agreements; To Amend Section 25-41-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Exclusion Of Witness Protection Agreements From The Public Record; To Provide Penalties For Harassment And Murder Of A Witness; To Authorize The Creation Of A Mental Health Court Program By The Circuit Courts; To Provide Conditions For Eligibility For Participation In A Mental Health Court Program; To Task The Administrative Office Of Courts With Supervisory Responsibility; To Require The State Drug Court Advisory Committee To Develop Statewide Rules And Policies For Mental Health Treatment Courts; To Specify Funds For The Mental Health Courts; To Provide Immunity Of The Staff Members Of Veterans Treatment Courts For Their Good Faith Acts; And For Related Purposes.

Witness Protection Program; authorize.

Rep. Andy Gipson [R]	Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]	Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]	Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]
Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]

2016-03-02 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 120 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-22	Senate	Died In Committee
2016-03-11	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Appropriations
2016-03-07	House	Transmitted To Senate
2016-03-02	House	Passed As Amended
2016-03-02	House	Amended
2016-03-02	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2016-02-25	House	Read the Third Time
2016-02-18	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0599.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0599IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0599CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0599PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/votes/house/0580035.pdf