Mississippi Senate Bill 2755 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-32-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Sunset Provision For The Public Defender Task Force; To Amend Section 99-18-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove References To The Capital Defense Counsel Fund, Which No Longer Exists; To Amend Section 99-18-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove References To The Capital Defense Counsel Fund, Which No Longer Exists, And To Remove The Language Ostensibly Creating That Fund; To Create New Section 99-18-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Codify And Reenact Language Creating The Indigent Appeals Division, Providing For The Director And Staff Thereof, And The Compensation And Duties Of The Director And Staff; To Repeal Section 99-40-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Director And Staff And For The Compensation And Duties Of The Director And Staff, Creates The Indigent Appeals Fund, Creates The Public Defender Training Division, And Creates The Public Defenders Education Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Public Defender Task Force; extend repeal clause and revise Capital Defense Counsel Fund.

Sen. Hob Bryan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-01-25	Senate	DR - TSDP: JB To AP
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2755.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2755IN.htm