Mississippi Senate Bill 2005 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create Marissa's Law; To Amend Section 97-3-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Mandatory Minimum Sentence For Kidnapping Of A Child Under The Age Of 16, And To Require That The Minimum Mandatory Sentence May Not Be Suspended Or Deferred; To Amend Section 97-3-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Mandatory Minimum Sentence For Rape Of A Child Under The Age Of 16, And To Require That The Minimum Mandatory Sentence May Not Be Suspended Or Deferred; To Amend Section 97-3-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Mandatory Minimum Sentence For Sexual Battery Of A Child Under The Age Of 16, And To Require That The Minimum Mandatory Sentence May Not Be Suspended Or Deferred; To Create New Section 99-19-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Period Of Supervision For A Sex Offender If Any Part Of The Offender's Sentence Is Deferred Or Suspended; And For Related Purposes.

Marissa's Law; enact.

Sen. Bob Dearing [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-01-03	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2005.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2005IN.htm