Mississippi Senate Bill 2668 (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 Require Adult Applicants For Public Benefits In Mississippi To Verify United States Citizenship Or Lawful Residence In Order To Be Eligible; To Provide Procedures And Exceptions For Such Verification; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Willful Violations Of Lawful Presence Requirements; To Make It Unlawful For Any State Agency To Provide Any Public Benefit In Violation Of Lawful Presence Requirements; To Require Certain Agencies To Develop Random Drug Testing Policies For Any Person Receiving Public Benefits; To Provide That Any Such Person Whose Test Results Are Positive Regarding The Presence Of Any Unlawful Drug In The Person's System Shall Be Ineligible To Receive Public Benefits For One Year; To Amend Sections 43-13-115, 43-17-1, 43-17-5, 71-5-511 And 43-33-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specifically Require The Division Of Medicaid, The Department Of Human Services, The Office Of Employment Security And The Mississippi Housing Authorities To Require Applicants Of Public Assistance Programs To Verify Lawful Presence As Required Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship and take drug tests to qualify.

Sen. Chris McDaniel [R]

Sen. Michael Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/SB/SB2668.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2668IN.htm