Mississippi House Bill 635 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Police Safety Act Of 2017; To Provide Certain Definitions; To Provide Procedures For The Use Of Body-worn Cameras By A Law Enforcement Officer; To Provide That Body-worn Cameras Shall Not Be Used To Gather Intelligence Information Based On First Amendment Protections Or To Record Certain Activity; To Provide Certain Procedures Related To The Retention Of Video And Audio Recorded By A Body-worn Camera; To Provide That Certain Video Footage Is Exempt From The Mississippi Public Records Act; To Provide Penalties For Officers Who Fail To Adhere To The Retention Requirement Or Intentionally Interfere With A Body-worn Camera; To Provide That All Recorded Data Is Under The Exclusive Control Of The Law Enforcement Agency; To Require Annual Training For Officers Assigned To Wear Cameras; To Specify What Is Included In The Body-worn Camera Training; And For Related Purposes.

Police Safety Act of 2017; create.

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-13	House	Referred To Judiciary B;Revenue and Expenditure General Bills

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0635.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0635IN.htm