Mississippi House Bill 622 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Any Court In Which An Arrest Was Made, The Person Arrested Was Released And The Case Was Dismissed Or The Charges Were Dropped, There Was No Disposition Of Such Case, Or The Person Was Found Not Guilty At Trial To Expunge The Record Of Such Person Of All Official Public Records, All Recordation Relating To An Arrest, Indictment, Trial, Finding Of Guilty And Sentence Of Any Case; To Provide That The Effect Of Such Order Shall Be To Restore Such Person, In The Contemplation Of The Law, To The Status He Or She Occupied Before Such Arrest Or Indictment; To Amend Sections 9-23-23, 99-15-59, 99-15-57, 99-15-123, 99-15-26, 41-29-150, 9-11-15 And 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Expungement; require the court to do so when charges are dismissed or dropped.

Rep. Nick Bain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-14	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
21	23	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text
41	29	150	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	11	15	Amended Code	See Bill Text
9	23	23	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	15	123	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	15	26	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	15	57	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	15	59	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0622.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0622IN.htm