Mississippi Senate Bill 2620 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 20 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-20 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 33-13-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Composition Of Summary Courts-martial; To Amend Section 33-13-159, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Decision To Grant A Request For Trial Before A Special Or General Courts-martial Is Reserved To The General Court-martial Convening Authority, And To Revise The Maximum Sentence Which May Be Imposed By A Summary Courts-martial For A Single Offense; To Amend Section 33-13-179, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Who May Convene A Summary Courts-martial; To Amend Section 33-13-183, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Military Judge Or A Summary Court Officer Shall Preside Over Sessions Of The Court-martial To Which He Or She Has Been Detailed; To Amend Section 33-13-325, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Amount Of Fine Which May Be Imposed By A Military Court For Contempt; And For Related Purposes.

Code of Military Justice; make various amendments to.

Sen. David Parker [R]

Sen. Dennis DeBar [R]

2017-03-06 - House - House Passed (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-01 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-20		Approved by Governor
2017-03-14	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2017-03-14	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2017-03-07	House	Returned For Enrolling
2017-03-06	House	Passed
2017-02-28	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2017-02-28	House	DR - TSDP: JB To MA
2017-02-27	House	DR - TSDP: MA To JB
2017-02-22	House	Rereferred To Military Affairs;Judiciary B
2017-02-21	House	Referred To Military Affairs;Judiciary A
2017-02-02	Senate	Transmitted To House
2017-02-01	Senate	Passed
2017-01-26	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2620.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2620IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2620PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2620SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/senate/0300017.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0630021.pdf