State: Mississippi

2020 MS H.B. 385

Title - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-67, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A CHANCELLOR TO REQUIRE THE APPROPRIATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO REMOVE FIREARMS FROM THE POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF ANY PERSON DETERMINED TO BE MENTALLY ILL,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 385

TOPICS: firearm license, mental health, oversight

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

Requires a chancellor to require the appropriate law enforcement officers to remove firearms from the possession and control of any person determined to be mentally ill.

2020 MS H.B. 393

Title - AN ACT TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO INPUT MISSING PERSON CASES INTO THE NATIONAL MISSING AND UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS SYSTEM,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 393

TOPICS: data collection, duty to report

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

Requires law enforcement officers to input missing person cases into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.

2020 MS H.B. 387

Title - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-323, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND THEIR SWORN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO PREVENT AND INVESTIGATE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND VIOLATION OF LAW ON SCHOOL PROPERTY IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHEREIN SUCH AGENCIES’ POLICE POWER JURISDICTION LIES,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 387

TOPICS: criminal liability

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS H.B. 309

Title - AN ACT TO REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE AN ARRESTED INDIVIDUAL WHO REASONABLY APPEARS TO EXHIBIT BEHAVIORAL OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S ARREST,TO REQUIRE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL TO A MEDICAL FACILITY FOR TREATMENT,TO REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO EMPLOYEES OF EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND JAIL OR PRISON TO RECEIVE ANNUAL CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM (CIT) TRAINING,TO REQUIRE THE BOARD ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING TO PROMULGATE RULES RELATING TO CIT TRAINING,TO AMEND SECTION 41-21-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 309

TOPICS: data collection, mental health, oversight

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS H.B. 248

Title - AN ACT TO require law enforcement agencies to record interrogations on video and preserve such recordings.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 248

TOPICS: data collection, duty to report, interrogations, oversight

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

Requires law enforcement agencies to record interrogations on video and preserve such recordings.

2020 MS S.B. 2175

Title - AN ACT TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY POLICING AND TRANSPARENCY ACT,TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,TO DESCRIBE HOW VIDEO FROM THE CAMERAS MUST BE RETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,TO AUTHORIZE WHO MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF A RECORDING,TO PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS S.B. 2175

TOPICS: body cameras, data collection

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS S.B. 2175

Title - AN ACT TO CREATE THE COMMUNITY POLICING AND TRANSPARENCY ACT,TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR USE OF BODY-WORN CAMERAS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,TO DESCRIBE HOW VIDEO FROM THE CAMERAS MUST BE RETAINED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,TO AUTHORIZE WHO MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF A RECORDING,TO PROVIDE REMEDIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS S.B. 2175

TOPICS: body cameras, data collection, oversight

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS H.B. 136

Title - AN ACT TO CREATE THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY SAFETY ACT,TO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO ANNUALLY REPORT CERTAIN UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC DATA CONCERNING SUCH UNLAWFUL ACTIVITY,TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE ON-GOING STAFF TRAINING, STRATEGIES AND EVIDENCED-BASED PRACTICES TO CREATE SAFE, POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT IMPROVE SCHOOL DISTRICT SAFETY FOR YOUTH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, DISTRICT STAFF AND PARENTS,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 136

TOPICS: data collection, duty to report

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS H.B. 48

Title - AN ACT TO CREATE THE “MISSISSIPPI JOINT MUNICIPAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT”,TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS,TO PROVIDE THAT TWO OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES IN A COUNTY MAY ESTABLISH A JOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF SUCH MUNICIPALITIES DETERMINE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES,TO PROVIDE THAT A JOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY A BOARD,TO PROVIDE THE MEMBERSHIP OF SUCH BOARD,TO PRESCRIBE THE ESTABLISHMENT PROCESS OF A JOINT DEPARTMENT,TO PROVIDE THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF A JOINT POLICE DEPARTMENT,TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR A JOINT DEPARTMENT,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 48

TOPICS: other, personnel management

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS H.B. 153

Title - AN ACT TO CREATE THE “COMMUNITY AND POLICE SAFETY ACT”,TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF ANY MUNICIPALITY TO PROVIDE TAX-FORFEITED LANDS AND ANY BUILDING THEREON TO ANY POLICE OFFICER WHO IS EMPLOYED FULL TIME AS A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE MUNICIPALITY, AS PART OF THE OFFICER’S COMPENSATION PACKAGE,TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATION OF LANDS, IF THE OFFICER IS TERMINATED,TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ENTER AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH MUNICIPALITIES,TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-19-1, 7-11-11, 21-33-71, 21-33-73 AND 21-33-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 153

TOPICS: budget

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

2020 MS S.B. 2166

Title - AN ACT TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO OBTAIN WRITTEN CONSENT FROM A PERSON BEFORE SUBJECTING THE PERSON TO A VOLUNTARY SEARCH,TO PROVIDE THAT THIS ACT ONLY APPLIES TO VOLUNTARY SEARCHES WHERE THERE IS NO LEGAL BASIS FOR A SEARCH,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS S.B. 2166

TOPICS: search warrants

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed

Requires law enforcement officers to obtain written consent from a person before subjecting the person to a voluntary search,provides that this act only applies to voluntary searches where there is no legal basis for a search.

2020 MS H.B. 81

Title - AN ACT TO PROHIBIT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM USING BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO RECREATE PAST ENCOUNTERS,TO PROHIBIT VIDEO AND AUDIO FOOTAGE RECORDED BY BODY-WORN CAMERAS OTHER THAN FROM ACTUAL REAL-TIME ENCOUNTERS FROM BEING USED IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS,TO REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES UTILIZING BODY-WORN CAMERAS TO ADOPT POLICIES GOVERNING THEIR USAGE,AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Law Number - 2020 MS H.B. 81

TOPICS: body cameras, oversight

STATE(S):

STATUS: Failed