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2008 Regular Session

House Bill 725

Mississippi Taxpayer Transparency Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI TAXPAYER TRANSPARENCY ACT"; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE A SINGLE, SEARCHABLE WEB SITE ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC; TO REQUIRE ANY STATE AGENCY REQUESTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

13 co-sponsors

Mark DuVall, Larry Byrd, Bob Evans, Mac Huddleston, Kevin McGee, Alex Monsour, Ken Morgan, Bill Pigott, Tad Campbell, Jimmy Puckett, Kimberly Campbell Buck, Linda Whittington, Brandon Jones

Its course

February 4 to March 18, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 2016 days

AppropriationsFeb 4 to Feb 1915 days

In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 18 · stopped27 days

AppropriationsFeb 25 to Mar 18 · stopped22 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 20

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 20

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 19Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 20Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 22 – Mar 18

  1. Feb 22Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 25Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  3. Mar 18Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 20AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 20Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 22Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 25Referred To AppropriationsSenate
  7. Mar 18Died In CommitteeSenate