Mississippi House Bill 60 (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 37-7-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Whenever A School District Employs Security Personnel And Designates Such Personnel As A Peace Officer, Then The Security Personnel Shall Have The Power To Make Arrests Upon School Property; To Provide That If Such Security Personnel Is Assaulted On School Property, Then The Person Who Commits The Assault Shall Be Held Criminally Liable As If He Or She Has Committed An Assault Upon A Peace Officer; To Amend Section 37-7-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

School resource officers designated as peace officers; clarify ability to make arrests on school property.

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-11	House	Referred To Education;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0060.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0060IN.htm