Mississippi Senate Bill 2179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Failed on March 28 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-28 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Support Our Law Enforcement And Safe Neighborhoods Act Of 2011; To Set Forth Legislative Intent And Short Title; To Require Cooperation And Assistance In Enforcement Of Immigration Laws And To Indemnify Law Enforcement Officers For Implementation Of This Act; To Create The Offense Of Willful Failure To Complete And Carry An Alien Registration Document And Prescribe Penalties Therefor; To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Transport, Concealment Or Harboring Of Unlawful Aliens; To Enact Exceptions; To Amend Section 99-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Arrest Without Warrant Statute; To Amend Section 71-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Retention Of E-verify Confirmations For At Least 3 Years, To Clarify And Revise Enforcement And Penalties Under The Mississippi Employment Protection Act And To Prescribe A Complaints Procedure; To Require The Immobilization Or Impoundment Of A Vehicle Operated In Furtherance Of Violations Under This Act; To Create The Special Fund To Be Known As The Immigration Reimbursement Fund; To Authorize All Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers To Assist Federal Agencies In Enforcement Of Immigration Law; To Require The Board Of Public Contractors To Review Contractor Compliance With E-verify Requirements; To Provide For Severability, Implementation And Construction; And For Related Purposes.

Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.

Sen. Terry Burton [R]	Sen. Lydia Chassaniol [R]	Sen. Tommy Dickerson [D]	Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]
Sen. Merle Flowers [R]	Sen. Billy Hudson [R]	Sen. Tom King [R]	Sen. Perry Lee [R]

2011-01-27 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 77 N: 40 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-18 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 34 N: 15 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2011-01-18 - Senate - Senate Motion to Recommit Lost (Y: 18 N: 32 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-28		Died In Conference
2011-02-15		Conferees Named Blackmon,Cockerham,Moak
2011-02-09		Conferees Named Fillingane,Dickerson,Watson
2011-02-02		Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2011-01-31		Returned For Concurrence
2011-01-31		Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2011-01-28		Recalled From Senate
2011-01-28		Motion to Reconsider Entered (Evans (70th), Blackmon, Cockerham)
2011-01-27		Returned For Concurrence
2011-01-27		Immediate Release
2011-01-27		Passed As Amended
2011-01-27		Amended
2011-01-27		Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2011-01-25		Referred To Judiciary A
2011-01-19		Transmitted To House
2011-01-18		Passed As Amended
2011-01-18		Motion to Recommit Lost
2011-01-18		Amended
2011-01-18		Committee Substitute Adopted
2011-01-13		Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2011-01-04		Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/SB/SB2179.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2179IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2179CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2179PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/senate/0150002.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/senate/0150005.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/house/0240005.pdf