Mississippi House Bill 541 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Failed on February 8 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-08 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 97-44-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Short Title Of The Mississippi Street Gang Act To "the Mississippi Anti-gang Act"; To Amend Section 97-44-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Terms; To Amend Section 97-44-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Penalties For Criminal Gang Activity; To Amend Section 97-44-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Evidentiary Standards; To Create New Section 97-44-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Civil Cause Of Action Based On Gang Activity; To Create New Section 97-44-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specify Venue; To Create New Section 97-44-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Service Of Process; To Create New Section 97-44-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Injunctive Relief; To Create New Sections 97-44-109 And 97-44-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Forfeiture Of Real And Personal Property; To Repeal Sections 97-44-9, 97-44-11, 97-44-13, 97-44-15, 97-44-17 And 97-44-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constituted Various Provisions In The Street Gang Act That Are Eliminated Or Subsumed Under This Act; To Create New Section 97-35-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Threats Against A Law Enforcement Officer Or Judge; To Provide That Offenders Who Are Convicted Of Conducting Or Participating In Criminal Gang Activity Shall Not Be Eligible For Parole Or Any Early Release Program Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Amend Sections 97-3-2, 47-5-138.1, 47-5-139 And 47-5-142, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

The Mississippi Anti-Gang Act; create.

Rep. Andy Gipson [R]	Rep. Patricia Willis [R]	Rep. Nolan Mettetal [R]	Rep. Jeff Hale [R]
Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-08	House	Died On Calendar
2018-02-08	House	Tabled Subject To Call
2018-02-07	House	Read the Third Time
2018-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2018-01-08	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0541.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0541IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0541CS.htm