Mississippi House Bill 670 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "sexual Assault Survivors' Dna Bill Of Rights"; To Provide Definitions For Such Act; To Regulate The Preparation And Production Of Sexual Assault Evidence; To Describe The Rights Of Sexual Assault Survivors; To Provide That Such Rights Are In Addition To Any Of The Rights Provided In The "mississippi Crime Survivors' Bill Of Rights"; To Amend Section 99-37-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Processing Of Rape Kits For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 99-41-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Crime Victims' Compensation Fund, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 99-47-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Victim Confidentiality, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Section 99-49-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Preservation Of Certain Biological Evidence, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

The Sexual Assault Survivors' DNA Bill of Rights; create.

Rep. Dana Underwood McLean [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
99	37	25	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	41	29	New Code	See Bill Text
99	47	1	New Code	See Bill Text
99	49	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0670.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0670IN.htm