Mississippi Senate Bill 2714 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 9-23-1, 9-23-3, 9-23-5, 9-23-7, 9-23-9, 9-23-11, 9-23-13, 9-23-15, 9-23-17, 9-23-19, 9-23-21 And 9-23-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Eligibility Of Drug Courts, To Change The Reference Of Drug Courts To "intervention Courts"; To Include Mental Health Courts, Veterans Courts And Other Intervention Courts Under The Authority Of The Intervention Courts Advisory Committee; To Revise The Membership Of The Intervention Courts Advisory Committee; To Amend Section 9-25-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Veterans Courts, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Amend Sections 9-27-1, 9-27-3, 9-27-7, 9-27-9, 9-27-11, 9-27-15, 9-27-17 And 9-27-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Rivers Mcgraw Mental Health Program, To Conform To The Preceding Sections By Removing The Word "pilot" Throughout; To Repeal Sections 9-27-13 And 9-27-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Pilot Programs For Mental Health Diversion Courts; To Bring Forward Section 9-27-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides Definitions For Mental Health Courts, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Sections 43-21-357, 63-11-31.1, 99-3-45 And 99-19-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Intervention courts; create.

Sen. Juan Barnett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2714.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2714IN.htm