Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2438

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Title

Description: Murder; include special and senior judges as peace officers and designate manslaughter as a lesser included offense.

Bill Text: [Introduced] [Committee Substitute] [Passed Senate] [Sent to Governor]

History of Actions:

1 02/04 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2 02/19 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
3 03/10 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted
4 03/10 (S) Passed
5 03/12 (S) Transmitted To House
6 03/15 (H) Referred To Judiciary En Banc
7 04/06 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
8 04/08 (H) Passed
9 04/12 (H) Transmitted To Senate
10 04/13 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
11 04/14 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
12 04/20 Approved by Governor

Background Information:

Effective datePassage
DispositionLaw
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority
Chapter number393

Senate Committee:

House Committee:

Principal Author: Huggins

Code Sections: A 097-0003-0019, A 099-0007-0037, A 099-0019-0005

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-3-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF PEACE OFFICER TO INCLUDE SPECIAL AND SENIOR STATUS JUDGES WITH THE RESULT THAT MURDER OF SUCH PERSON ACTING IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY OR BY REASON OF AN ACT PERFORMED IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY WILL CONSTITUTE A CAPITAL OFFENSE AND TO SPECIFY THAT MANSLAUGHTER SHALL BE A LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE OF MURDER AND CAPITAL MURDER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 99-7-37 AND 99-19-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 04/20/04 at 18:00.

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