Mississippi Senate Bill 2791 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 14 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-14 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 63-1-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement That A Person's License Be Suspended For A Controlled Substance Violation That Is Unrelated To Operating A Motor Vehicle; To Amend Section 9-23-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require All Drug Courts To Make Available The Option For Participants In A Drug Court Program To Use Medication-assisted Treatment While Participating In A Drug Court Program; To Amend Section 47-7-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Offender Shall Not Be Denied Earned-discharge Credits Solely Based On Nonpayment Of Fees Or Fines If A Determination Of Indigence Is Made; To Amend Section 47-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Standards For The Determination Of Indigence By The Courts And The Department Of Corrections; And For Related Purposes.

Re-entry and employability; implement mechanisms to provide.

Sen. Juan Barnett [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-14	Senate	Died On Calendar
2019-02-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2791.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2791IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2791CS.htm