Mississippi House Bill 673 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2)
Status: Passed on April 25 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-25 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 97-3-54, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Title Of The Human Trafficking Act For Clarity; To Amend Section 97-3-54.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Penalties For Human Trafficking And Specify Additional Elements Of The Offense Of Human Trafficking; To Amend Section 97-3-54.3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 97-3-54.4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions; To Create New Section 97-3-54.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Use Of Undercover Operatives To Investigate Suspected Human Trafficking; To Create New Section 97-3-54.6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Injunctive And Other Relief For Victims And To Require Confidentiality; To Create New Section 97-3-54.7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Forfeiture Of Assets Used In Furtherance Of Trafficking And To Provide For The Disposition Of Proceeds Of Forfeiture; To Create New Section 97-3-54.8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The "relief For Victims Of Human Trafficking Fund"; To Create New Section 97-3-54.9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Position Of Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator; To Amend Section 97-29-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Elements And Punishment For The Offense Of Prostitution; To Amend Section 97-29-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Elements And Punishment For The Offense Of Soliciting Prostitution; To Repeal Section 97-29-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Sets Forth The Punishment For Prostitution And Solicitation; To Amend Section 97-43-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions In The Racketeering Act; To Amend Sections 97-5-5 And 97-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Offenses Of Enticement Of A Minor To The Tenor Of This Act; To Amend Section 97-5-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform Dissemination Of Sexually Oriented Material; To Amend Section 97-5-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Offense Of Computer-luring; To Amend Section 99-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 709, 2013 Regular Session, To Revise The Statute Of Limitations For The Prosecution Of Domestic Violence And Human Trafficking Cases; And For Related Purposes.

Human Trafficking; revise law.

Rep. Larry Byrd [R]	Rep. Mark Baker [R]	Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]	Sen. Dennis DeBar [R]
Rep. Andy Gipson [R]	Rep. Doug McLeod [R]	Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]
Rep. William Arnold [R]	Rep. Gary Chism [R]	Rep. Rita Martinson [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]
Rep. Jessica Upshaw [R]

2013-04-02 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-04-02 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 114 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-12 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-14 - House - House Passed (Y: 119 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-25		Approved by Governor
2013-04-10	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-10	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-04-02	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2013-04-02	House	Conference Report Adopted
2013-04-01	House	Conference Report Filed
2013-04-01	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2013-03-29	Senate	Conferees Named Bryan,Wiggins,Hopson
2013-03-25	House	Conferees Named Buck (72nd),Byrd,Gipson
2013-03-15	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2013-03-13	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-12	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-03-12	Senate	Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-02-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B
2013-02-18	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-14	House	Passed
2013-02-14	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2013-02-13	House	Read the Third Time
2013-02-05	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0673.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0673IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0673CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0673PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0673SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0380022.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0640035.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0850013.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0850018.pdf