Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Subject: CRIMES AND OFFENSES

As of 04/30/02 at 14:39

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HB  31  Crimes; create offense of endangering an unborn child.    Martinson
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  37  Capital punishment; abolish and impose hard labor.        Fleming
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  51  Graffiti; authorize counties to adopt ordinances to       Moak
        remove or cover on private property.                   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  69  Highway work zone; revise penalty for speeding.           Miles
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  78  Controlled substances; felony to bring into state,        Formby
        county or municipal facility.                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  81  Habitual offender; no plea bargaining for violent         Formby
        offenders.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  91  Probation; provide that a probationary period shall not   Fleming
        exceed two years.                                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  92  Community Service Revolving Fund; place stipulations on   Fleming
   %    payments made by offenders.                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB  97  Crimes; increase penalty for bomb threats.                Flaggs
 *         03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 117  Alcoholic beverages; create offense of nonrestaurant      Reeves
        licensee selling to persons under 21 on premises.      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 118  Drunk driving; clarify sentencing for felony offense      Reeves
   %    when death or mutilation occurs.                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 119  Alcoholic beverages; clarify sentencing for death and     Reeves
   %    mutilation and create offense for persons under 21 on  
        premises.                                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 148  Sky rockets; prohibit possession and sale of certain.     Moak
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 157  Elderly adults; make a felony to take money through       Guice
        undue influence, misrepresentation, false pretenses or 
        deception.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 163  Corrections; authorize mandatory rehabilitation program   Fleming
        for offenders convicted of drug-related crime.         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 170  Veterinarians; prohibit debarking or surgically           Fleming
        silencing a vicious dog.                               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 171  Hate crimes; revise application.                          Fleming
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 177  Crimes; provide that the murder of a police dog is a      Fleming
        felony.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 179  Rape; extend statute of limitations to 10 years.          Fleming
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 220  Domesticated pet; provide civil damages for               Fleming
        intentionally, negligently and unlawfully killing.     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 254  Bail; prohibit for appeal of sexual battery of a minor    Chism
        conviction.                                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 255  Earned-time allowance; revise.                            Moak
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 263  Crystal methamphetamine; provide enhanced penalties for   Eads
 *      manufacturer with children present.                    
           03/28 Approved by Governor
HB 294  Sentencing options; authorize courts to impose hard       Cameron
        labor.                                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 322  Loud or vulgar sound systems; prohibit operation in a     Taylor
        public place.                                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 347  Crime; double penalty and no parole for persons using     Cameron
        weapons in committing crimes.                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 410  Firearms; additional penalty for stealing during          Moak
        another crime.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 448  Crimes; create offense of curbstoning.                    Moak
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 469  Attempted murder; create criminal offense.                Denny
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 507  Home repair fraud; create offense.                        Broomfield
 *         03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 520  Crimes; create offense of fleeing law enforcement         Pierce
        officer in a motor vehicle.                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 529  Motor vehicle; unlawful to ride in portion not designed   Martinson
        for passengers.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 539  Cyberstalking; establish law prohibiting.                 Moak
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 541  Crimes; felony to possess weapon where alcohol is         Moak
        served.                                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 544  Motor vehicles; require notice to buyer that vehicle      Moak
        may be salvaged or rebuilt and provide penalties for   
        violations.                                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 583  DUI; include death of unborn fetus in manslaughter        Robinson (84th)
   %    provision.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 592  Payments by certain offenders to Department of            Ford
 *      Corrections for Community Service Revolving Fund;      
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           04/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB 647  Parole; prohibit for persons sentenced to life            Fillingane
        imprisonment regardless of health status.              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 649  Hunting dogs; provide additional penalty for malicious    Fillingane
 *      injury.                                                
           02/11 (H) Died In Committee
HB 710  Corrections; persons convicted of certain crimes shall    Moak
        not be placed in an intensive supervision program.     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 724  Bribery of state meat inspectors; increase criminal       Holland
        penalties for.                                         
           03/19 Approved by Governor
HB 728  Pursuit by law officers; felony to flee if signaled to    Holland
        stop.                                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 739  Victims of violence; require employers to grant leave     Watson
        to.                                                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 749  Crimes; revise domestic violence provision of assault     Watson
        statute.                                               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 761  Crime Victims' Compensation; revise awards.               Stevens
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB 769  Crimes; create offense of fleeing law enforcement         Snowden
        officer.                                               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 779  Crimes; revise impersonating bail agent and revise        Rogers
        penalty for bondjumping and fugitive flight.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 786  Death of fetus; include in wrongful death statute.        Robinson (84th)
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 792  Crimes; revise penalties for false reporting of a         Robinson (84th)
        crime.                                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 822  Crimes; create offense of fleeing or eluding a law        Flaggs
        enforcement officer in a motor vehicle.                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 852  Crimes; enhanced penalty for drug offenses when           Rogers
        children or elderly present.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 871  Resisting arrest; clarify application to fleeing in       Eaton
        motor vehicle.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 875  Bomb threat, weapons and explosives; include chemical,    Denny
        biological or other weapons of mass destruction.       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 927  DNA identification; require every offender committed to   Mitchell
        the custody of the Mississippi Department of           
        Corrections to get DNA test.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 932  Criminal assessments; certain counties and cities may     Banks
   %    impose to fund law enforcement.                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 933  Crimes; prohibit discharging a firearm in subdivision,    Frierson
        mobile home park, campground or RV park.               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 943  Chop shops; revise exception.                             Banks
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB 995  Hunting or discharging firearm on or across road;         Weathersby *
        double fine for conviction.                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1000  Crime laboratory; delete provisions requiring funding     Hamilton
 * %    to be separate from Department of Public Safety.       
           04/25 Approved by Governor
HB1024  Motor vehicles; unlawful for person under 18 to drive     Banks
        after 1:00 a.m.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1025  Guns; unlawful for person under 21 to possess.            Banks
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1073  Voting by an unqualified person; revise penalty.          Reynolds
 *         03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1117  Crimes; create offense of lookout for drug sales.         Banks
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1160  Criminal record background check requirement for          Moody
   %    licensed health facilities; revise definitions, make   
        technical amendments.                                  
           02/12 (H) Died In Committee
HB1172  85% sentencing rule; change date of exemption for         Ishee
        nonviolent offenders to convictions after July 1, 1995.
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1177  Animals; provide definitions in chapter providing for     Whittington
        crime of cruelty to animals.                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1187  Meritorious earned time; allow sentence to be reduced     Banks
        by up to one-third of period of confinement.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1203  Fraudulent sales or contracts with persons 55 or older;   Scott (80th)
        felony offense.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1217  Employers; require to grant certain leave time to         Scott (80th)
        employees who are victims of violent crime.            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1227  Crimes; exempt certain offenses from the two-year         Compretta
        statute of limitations.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1234  Crimes; provide enhanced penalty for assault against      Barbour
        municipal judges.                                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1252  Arrests; may only be made for offenses which have         Banks
        imprisonment penalties.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1253  Trusty time allowance; increase from ten days of          Banks
        reduction to thirty days for program participation.    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1254  Trusty time allowance; increase from ten days of          Banks
        reduction to twenty days for program participation.    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1255  Trusty time allowance; increase from ten days of          Banks
        reduction to fifteen days for program participation.   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1292  Crime laboratory director and technicians; authorize      Franks
        testimony by affidavit.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1297  Self defense; revise.                                     Wells-Smith
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1342  Sex offender registration; create fund for community      Formby
   %    notification and registration costs.                   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1348  Emergency powers; implement new policies and offenses     Watson
        related to domestic preparedness.                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1349  Crimes; create offense of pointing and aiming a firearm   Frierson
        at another.                                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1353  Drug dealers; death of person during drug violation       Stringer
        constitutes felony murder.                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1374  Drug offenders; require rehabilitation and testing        Scott (80th)
   %    before release.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1385  Justifiable homicide; define to include force used to     Woods
        prevent burglary of home, business or automobile.      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1403  The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision;    Malone
        authorize Governor to execute.                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1427  Offenders; provide sentence reduction incentive for       Clarke
        model behavior.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1440  Attempted murder; create offense.                         Blackmon
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1448  Public Records Law; exempt impact statements from         Malone
        victims in MDOC and Parole Board files.                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1454  Corrections; allow certain nonviolent offenders to be     Scott (80th)
        eligible for an increased earned-time allowance.       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1460  Criminal offense; prohibit racial profiling.              Scott (80th)
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1463  House Arrest Program; expand to include juvenile          Scott (80th)
   %    delinquents.                                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1517  Parole; felony child abuse is not a nonviolent crime      Moore (60th)
        for purposes of parole eligibility.                    
           03/19 Approved by Governor
HB1524  Punitive damages; to be awarded for victim                Formby
        compensation.                                          
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1530  Sentencing; provide for only life without parole or       Lott
        death for capital offenses.                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1543  Conviction records; allow expunction for misdemeanors     Bailey
 *      regardless of age of offender.                         
           03/15 (S) Died On Calendar
HB1552  Exploitation of children and credit card fraud; clarify   Franks
        Internet violations.                                   
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1557  Board of supervisors; unlawful alteration of official     Martinson
        board minutes to constitute felony.                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1566  Crimes; clarify prohibition against introduction of       Compretta
        harmful biological substances.                         
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1577  Crimes; create offense of fleeing law enforcement         Wells-Smith
        officer and provide for felony if accident results.    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1578  Corrections; allow DOC to place certain offenders in      Malone
        intensive supervision program.                         
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1582  Crimes; revise provisions regarding computer crimes.      Compretta
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1583  Crimes; create offense of sexual misconduct.              Compretta
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1621  Crimes; revise penalty for conviction of embezzlement     Horne
 *      by public official.                                    
           03/05 (S) Died In Committee
HB1630  Sexual offenses; revise time limitation application.      Grist
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HB1640  Emmitt Louis Till Victims' Compensation Act; establish.   Scott (80th)
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2009  Sex crimes; reports to be confidential.                   White (29th)
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2010  HIV; establish crime of exposure.                         White (29th)
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2021  Indecent exposure; create as a felony.                    Lee
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2039  DNA; biological sample from all convicted felons.         Carlton
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2042  Internet; prohibit computer seduction of minors.          Burton
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2046  DUI; allow multiple counts for vehicular homicide.        Burton
   %       02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2048  Video games; regulate violent.                            Tollison
           02/14 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2054  Home repair fraud; create offense, prescribe              Moffatt
        punishment.                                            
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2079  Misdemeanor violations; traffic, motor vehicle and game   Ross
        and fish may be paid without court appearance.         
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2122  Liability; limitation for persons injured by criminal     Ross
        acts of third party.                                   
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2123  Manslaughter; mother's use of illegal drugs while         Furniss
        pregnant.                                              
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2199  Standard criminal assessment fee; increase General Fund   Gordon
   %    amount, repeal bond fee.                               
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2202  Victim assistance coordinators; classify as state         Gordon
        employees.                                             
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2281  Escapes; impose same penalty on trusty who fails to       Hamilton
        return as an escapee.                                  
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2285  Debt adjusting corporations; authorize to receive         King
        consideration from debtors.                            
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2305  Contempt of the Legislature; prescribe crime for.         Chaney
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2313  Criminal information center; revise concerning            Carlton
 *      expunction order.                                      
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2314  Personal property; exemption from seizure or execution.   Carlton
 *         03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2325  Sales taxation; mandate certain penalties for             Canon
        delinquent or deficient payments.                      
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2351  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
 *      jails; extend repealer.                                
           04/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB2359  Law enforcement officer; create crime of fleeing or       Mettetal
        eluding.                                               
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2361  Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer.        Smith
   %       03/20 Approved by Governor
SB2407  Sports officials; punish assault of.                      Williamson
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2417  Copyrighted musical composition; prohibit providing,      Smith
 *      publishing or selling without consent of the owner.    
           03/15 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2419  Public funds; mandate minimum imprisonment for theft      Ross
        of.                                                    
           03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2436  Alcoholic beverages; create offense of nonrestaurant      White (29th)
        licensee selling to persons under 21 on premises.      
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2466  Rape, statutory; must be knowing and willful.             Walls
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2467  Gambling; cheating punished as larceny.                   Walls
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2475  Larceny, petit; increase threshold, conform grand         Walls
        larceny.                                               
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2479  Criminal defense; diminished capacity established.        Walls
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2484  Homicide; further prosecution authorized after            Stogner
        conviction under certain circumstances.                
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2486  Weapons; pointing and aiming a felony.                    Stogner
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2491  Jury duty; misdemeanor to dissuade and civil cause of     Walls
        action for retaliation.                                
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2518  Bioterrorism; prohibit real or pretended.                 Hamilton
           03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2523  Weapons; selling or giving to minor is a felony.          Johnson (38th)
 *         03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2546  Misdemeanor violations; traffic, motor vehicle and game   Posey
        and fish may be paid without court appearance.         
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2562  Victim compensation; revise award limits.                 Frazier
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2610  Controlled substances law; enhanced penalties if child    Kirby
        under 16 is present.                                   
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2624  Crimes; revise provisions regarding computer crimes.      Williamson
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2632  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding.    Johnson (38th)
 *         03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2635  Law enforcement officer; restrict issuance of arrest      Johnson (38th)
        warrant for.                                           
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2662  Criminal record background checks on prospective          Huggins
 * %    employees and volunteers at the Department of Mental   
        Health; authorize.                                     
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2786  Wildlife; make illegal to possess game taken              Posey
 *      unlawfully.                                            
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2791  Wildlife; revise use of commercial fishing gear and       Posey
 *      revise penalties for violations.                       
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2811  Anhydrous ammonia tank; create offense of breaking lock   Hamilton
        on.                                                    
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2813  DNA sample; require of certain convicted felons.          Gollott
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2857  MS Crime Laboratory; revise law relating to               Thames
   %    funding/fees for services.                             
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB2891  Wildlife; conform penalties for violation of state        Posey
 *      endangered species law.                                
           04/01 Approved by Governor
SB2913  Law enforcement officer; create crime of fleeing or       Carmichael
        eluding.                                               
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2920  Criminal penalties for any person who willfully harms a   Burton
        public service animal; prescribe.                      
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2925  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; extend repealer.         Jordan
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2935  Bail bondsman; revise impersonation of and revise         Minor
        penalty for bondjumping and fugitive flight.           
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2973  Arrest; provide for warrantless arrest by marine          Hewes
        officers.                                              
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2988  Criminal record background check for school employees;    Harden
   %    include school volunteers.                             
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB2992  Sexual misconduct; create offense of.                     Williamson
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SB3009  Corrections; create the Interstate Compact for adult      Stogner
 *      offender supervision.                                  
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SB3020  Erroneous conviction; provide civil cause of action.      Jackson
           02/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 518  Joint resolution; create joint committee to study         Dickerson
        criminal code reform.                                  
           04/12 (S) Died In Committee
SC 583  Sentencing Guidelines; memorialize consulting group to    Hyde-Smith
        study.                                                 
           04/12 (H) Died In Committee

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