Mississippi House Bill 794 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require The Attorney General, In Addition To Any Other Duty Prescribed By Law For Such Office, To Maintain A List On The Official Website For The Office Of The Attorney General Of All Persons Who Have Been Convicted Of Any Homicide Or Killing As Described Under Sections 97-3-15 Through 97-3-47, And The Provision Of Law Under Which The Person Was Convicted; To Require Each District Attorney, In Addition To Any Other Duty Prescribed By Law For Such Office, To Provide The Attorney General With The Name Of Each Person Who Is Convicted Of A Homicide Or Killing Under Sections 97-3-15 Through 97-3-47 And The Provision Of Law Under Which The Person Was Convicted; And For Related Purposes.

Attorney General; require to maintain list of persons who commit homicides and the crimes that were committed by such person.

Rep. Deborah Butler Dixon [D]

Rep. Christopher Bell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB0794.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0794IN.htm