Bill Text: MS HB789 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts; prohibit from requiring identification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB789 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB789-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Banks

House Bill 789

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A COURT FROM REQUIRING ANY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION AS A CONDITION TO ENTER THE BUILDING OR ANY AREA OR ROOM IN THE COURT BUILDING; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  No court in the state may require any form of identification as a condition for entrance into a court building or for entrance into any area or room inside a court building, except as otherwise provided for voting or carrying firearms.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.