Mississippi House Bill 674 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Support Our Law Enforcement And Safe Neighborhoods Act Of 2011; To Set Forth Legislative Intent; To Require Cooperation And Assistance In Enforcement Of Immigration Laws And To Indemnify Law Enforcement Officers For Implementation Of This Act; To Create The Offense Of Willful Failure To Complete Or Carry An Alien Registration Document; To Amend Section 97-3-54.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Law Enforcement Officer To Stop Any Person In Violation Of Traffic Laws In The Enforcement Of The Mississippi Employment Protection Act; To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Stopping To Hire And Pick Up Passengers For Work; To Create The Offense Of Unlawful Transport, Concealment Or Harboring Of Unlawful Aliens; To Provide For The Arrest Without Warrant Of A Person Reasonably Believed To Have Committed Any Public Offense That Makes The Person Removable From The United States; To Amend Section 71-11-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For Retention Of E-verify Confirmations For At Least 3 Years And To Provide To An Employer The Affirmative Defense Of Entrapment; To Require The Immobilization Or Impoundment Of A Vehicle Operated In Furtherance Of Violations Under This Act; To Create The Special Fund To Be Known As The Gang And Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Immigration; enact Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011.

Rep. Larry Byrd [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Andy Gipson [R]	Rep. Eugene Hamilton [R]
Rep. Wanda Jennings [R]	Rep. Kevin McGee [R]	Rep. Ray Rogers [R]	Rep. Tom Weathersby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-13		Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB0674.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0674IN.htm