Mississippi Senate Bill 2266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 99-19-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Who Has Been Convicted Of Possession Of Marijuana Where The Amount Of Marijuana Was Equal To Or Less Than The Legal Limit Of Possession For Medical Cannabis May Petition The Court In Which The Conviction Was Had For An Order To Expunge Any Such Conviction From All Public Records; To Provide That The Petition Authorized In This Subsection May Be Filed Without Delay; To Amend Sections 25-7-25 And 81-18-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Marijuana; authorize expunction of convictions where amount was under the legally allowed amount of medical cannabis.

Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]

Sen. Rod Hickman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-13	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	7	25	Amended Code	See Bill Text
81	18	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text
99	19	71	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2266.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2266IN.htm