Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ports, Harbors and Airports Committee on March 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2606
Highway; provide weight exemption for commodities transported from ports on Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-5-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE VEHICLES TRANSPORTING COMMODITIES TO OR FROM TERMINAL OR PORT FACILITIES ON THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER OR THE TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE WATERWAY TO EXCEED THE TOTAL WEIGHT AND/OR SIZE LIMITATIONS SPECIFIED BY LAW UPON PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 1 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 SenateFeb 1 to Feb 2120 days
Highways and TransportationFeb 1 to Feb 1312 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 21 to Mar 18 · stopped26 days
Ports, Harbors and AirportsFeb 25 to Mar 18 · stopped22 days
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 Senate Feb 1 – Feb 21
- Feb 1Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
- Feb 13Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
- Feb 21Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
- Passed the Senate
In the House of Representatives Feb 22 – Mar 18
- Feb 22Sent to the House
- Feb 25Referred to the House committees on Ports, Harbors and Airports and on Transportation
- Mar 18Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
- Feb 1Referred To Highways and TransportationSenate
- Feb 13Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
- Feb 21Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
- Feb 21PassedSenate
- Feb 22Transmitted To HouseSenate
- Feb 25Referred To Ports, Harbors and Airports;TransportationHouse of Representatives
- Mar 18Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives