Mississippi House Bill 899

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize Sheriffs To Use Electronic And Mechanical Devices For The Interception Of Wire, Oral And Other Communications; To Define Certain Terms; To Authorize The District Attorney, Upon Request Of A Sheriff, To Apply To The Circuit Court In The Sheriff's County For An Order Authorizing The Interception Of Communications That May Provide Evidence Of The Commission Of A Felony; To Prescribe The Form And Required Contents Of An Application To The Circuit Court For An Order Authorizing Interception Of Communications; To Prescribe Certain Findings That Must Be Made By A Circuit Court Judge Before Entering An Order Authorizing The Interception; To Require The Contents Of Intercepted Communications To Be Recorded And To Be Made Available To The Judge And Placed Under Seal; To Require The Circuit Court Judge To Place Applications And Orders To Intercept Communications Under Seal; To Declare The Contents Of Intercepted Communications That Are Disclosed In Violation Of This Act To Be Inadmissible In Court; To Specify The Purposes For Which, And To Whom, Intercepted Communications May Be Disclosed; To Amend Section 41-29-507, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Interception of communications; authorize sheriffs to use devices for with approval of DA and circuit court judge.

Rep. Jeffery Harness [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-02	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	29	507	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0899.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0899IN.htm