Mississippi 2019 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HC 47 — Constitution; amend to provide certain rights to victims throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems.

Last action — Failed

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

7 added · 6 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill HC 47 changes the date of the election for qualified electors from the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2019 to March 10, 2020. Additionally, the language has been adjusted to clarify the proposed constitutional amendment regarding certain rights. This shift in timing is important because it allows for more preparation and public awareness ahead of the election, ensuring that voters are better informed about their rights.

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HC 47 (As Introduced) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
HC 47 (As Adopted by House) - 2019 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Representative Gunn House Concurrent Resolution 47 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN RIGHTS TO VICTIMS THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
Representative Gunn House Concurrent Resolution 47 (As Adopted by House) A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN RIGHTS TO VICTIMS THROUGHOUT THE CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS.
   (3)  Law enforcement officers who become victims of crime in the course of performing their public duties are entitled to the same rights as other victims of crime;
     (3)  Law enforcement officers who become victims of crime in the course of performing their public duties are entitled to the same rights as other victims of crime;
"      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2019, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.
"      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on March 10, 2020, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows:
     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows:  "This proposed constitutional amendment provides certain rights for victims throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems."
 "This proposed constitutional amendment provides certain rights for victims throughout the criminal and juvenile justice systems."
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Failed

  2. Reconsidered

  3. Motion to Reconsider Entered

  4. Failed

  5. Amended

  6. Title Suff Do Be Adopted

  7. Referred To Rules

  8. Transmitted To Senate

  9. Adopted As Amended

  10. Amended

  11. Title Suff Adopted As Amended

  12. Referred To Constitution

Sponsors

  • Gunn · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 19 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Gunn

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Failed 33 Yea · 17 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 1500
Unaffiliated 171202
Republican 15000
Total 331702
% of votes cast 63%33%0%4%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Browning — Yea
Burton — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Dawkins — Nay
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Nay
Jolly — Nay
Jordan — Nay
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Nay
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Nay
Yeas--Blackwell — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Nays--Barnett — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Jackson R. (11th) — Nay
Jackson S. (32nd) — Nay
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Nay
Simmons W. (13th) — Nay
Absent and those Caughman — Not Voting
Parker — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Nay
David Blount Democrat Nay
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Nay
Hob Bryan Democrat Nay
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Nay
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Passage

Failed 33 Yea · 17 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 1500
Unaffiliated 181201
Republican 14001
Total 331702
% of votes cast 63%33%0%4%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Browning — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Dawkins — Nay
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Nay
Jolly — Nay
Jordan — Nay
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Nay
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Nay
Yeas--Blackwell — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Nays--Barnett — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Jackson R. (11th) — Nay
Jackson S. (32nd) — Nay
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Nay
Simmons W. (13th) — Nay
Absent and those Burton — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Nay
David Blount Democrat Nay
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Nay
Hob Bryan Democrat Nay
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Nay
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Not Voting

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Passage as Amended

Passed 84 Yea · 33 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 45000
Democrat 31400
Unaffiliated 351902
Independent 1000
Total 843302
% of votes cast 71%28%0%2%
How each member voted (119)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Yea
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Nay
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Nay
Henley — Yea
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Miles — Yea
Paden — Nay
Patterson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Staples — Yea
Straughter — Nay
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Nay
Walker — Nay
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Nay
Willis — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Young — Nay
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Baker — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Hudson — Nay
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Anderson — Nay
Bell (65th) — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Clarke — Nay
Gibbs (72nd) — Nay
Gibbs (36th) — Nay
Holloway — Nay
Jackson — Nay
Johnson (94th) — Nay
Taylor — Nay
Absent or those Myers — Not Voting
Present--Evans (91st) — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Nay
Carl Mickens Democrat Nay
Cedric Burnett Democrat Nay
Earle S. Banks Democrat Nay
Jeffery Harness Democrat Nay
John G. Faulkner Democrat Nay
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Nay
Kabir Karriem Democrat Nay
Omeria Scott Democrat Nay
Oscar Denton Democrat Nay
Otis Anthony Democrat Nay
Percy W. Watson Democrat Nay
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Nay
Willie Bailey Democrat Nay
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HC 47?
HC 47 is sponsored by Gunn.
What is the current status of HC 47?
This bill died with 2019 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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