Mississippi Senate Bill 2197

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-10 - Referred To Judiciary B
Pending: House Judiciary B Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 45-3-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Crime Of Impersonating A Patrolman Shall Be A Felony; To Increase The Minimum Term Of Imprisonment For The Crime Of Impersonating A Patrolman; To Amend Section 97-7-44, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Crime Of Impersonating A Law Enforcement Officer Shall Be A Felony; To Increase The Penalty For Impersonating A Law Enforcement Officer; To Repeal Section 97-7-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Offense Of Impersonating State, County Or Municipal Officers Or Employees And Is A Duplicative Section; And For Related Purposes.

Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]	Sen. David Parker [R]	Sen. Michael McLendon [R]	Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]
Sen. Chad Mcmahan [R]	Sen. Nicole Boyd [R]	Sen. Daniel Sparks [R]	Sen. Tyler McCaughn [R]

2025-02-06 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-10	House	Referred To Judiciary B
2025-02-07	Senate	Transmitted To House
2025-02-06	Senate	Passed
2025-01-30	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2025-01-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	3	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	7	43	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
97	7	44	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SB/SB2197.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2197IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2197PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/votes/senate/0310037.pdf