Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2695
State Veterans Memorial Cemetery; delete residency requirement for veteran to be eligible for interment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 35-1-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE PROVISION WHICH PROVIDES THAT A VETERAN MUST HAVE BEEN A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO HIS DEATH IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR INTERMENT IN THE STATE VETERANS MEMORIAL CEMETERY; 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 4 to February 19, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days
Veterans and Military AffairsFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 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 4 – Feb 19
- Feb 4Referred to the Senate committee on Veterans and Military Affairs
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Veterans and Military AffairsSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate