Mississippi Senate Bill 2527 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Define The Rights Of Indigent Defendants In The Collection Of Court Fines, Costs And Restitution; To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Powers And Duties Of Municipal Judges; To Amend Section 25-32-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Waiver Must Be Knowing, Voluntary And Intelligent; To Amend Section 47-1-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Enforcement Of Sentences; To Amend Section 99-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 99-19-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Responsibility To Pay Or Secure Resources To Pay; To Amend Section 99-19-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Court's Suspension Of State Assessments; To Amend Section 99-37-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Enforcement And Revocation Of Probation; To Amend Section 99-37-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Imposition Of An Order Of Contempt; To Amend Section 99-37-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Imprisonment For Contempt; To Amend Section 99-37-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Relief From Payment; And For Related Purposes.

Imprisonment for debt; eliminate.

Sen. John Horhn [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2527.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2527IN.htm