Mississippi Senate Bill 2592 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-7-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Sex Offenders Whose Victim Was Under The Age Of 16 Submit To A Polygraph Exam For The Purpose Of Determining If Other Minor Children May Have Been Victims; To Amend Section 45-33-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enact A Definition Of Polygraph Examination; To Amend Section 45-33-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Sex Offender Registrants Whose Victim Was Under The Age Of 16 Submit To A Polygraph Exam Upon Sentencing Or Release On Supervision; To Amend Section 45-33-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Sex Offender Registrants Whose Victim Was Under The Age Of 16 Submit To An Annual Polygraph Exam As Part Of The Reregistration Process; To Amend Section 45-33-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Punishment For Violation Of The Sex Offender Registration Chapter; And For Related Purposes.

Sex offenders; require lie detector test if victim under 16.

Sen. John Polk [R]

Sen. Tony Smith [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/SB/SB2592.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2592IN.htm