Mississippi Senate Bill 2234 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 45-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Implement Uniform Reporting Standards For Jail Census Data By County Sheriff's Departments And To Create And Maintain A Centralized Database For Storing This Data; To Amend Sections 19-25-63 And 47-1-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Jail Dockets Kept By County Sheriffs Comply With Uniform Reporting Standards In Order To Promote Compliance With Rule 8 Of The Mississippi Rules Of Criminal Procedure; To Authorize The Creation Of An Advisory Committee To Promote Transparency By Facilitating The Availability Of Comparable And Uniform County Jail Census Data; And For Related Purposes.

County jail census data; facilitate availability of.

Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-11	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	25	63	Amended Code	See Bill Text
45	1	2	Amended Code	See Bill Text
47	1	21	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2234.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2234IN.htm