Mississippi House Bill 1358 (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 Create The "law Enforcement Employment Procedures Act"; To Require Certain Municipalities To Provide For Pre-disciplinary Hearings Before A Police Officer May Be Suspended Or Terminated By The Municipality; To Require Municipalities To Establish Written Due Process Procedures Related To The Hearing; To Allow Municipalities To Hold A Separate Post-disciplinary Hearing; To Require The Hearing To Be Conducted By An Impartial Hearing Officer Or Body; To Provide That This Act Does Not Apply To A Municipality That Has A Civil Service Commission; To Amend Section 25-41-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of Municipalities To Go Into Executive Session For Disciplinary Hearings Held Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Law Enforcement Employment Procedures Act; enact.

Rep. Tom Miles [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary B;Municipalities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1358.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1358IN.htm