Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Business and Financial Institutions Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2798
Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO DECLARE LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO PROHIBIT ACTIVITIES COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS PAYDAY LENDING, DEFERRED PRESENTMENT SERVICES, ADVANCE CASH SERVICES AND OTHER SIMILAR ACTIVITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING CERTAIN SMALL LOANS; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES THEREFOR; TO PROVIDE FOR COLLECTION OF CIVIL PENALTIES IN ACTIONS BY THE STATE OR BY PRIVATE PARTIES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE; TO DECLARE THE SITE OR LOCATION OF A PLACE OF BUSINESS WHERE PAYDAY LENDING TAKES PLACE IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 75-67-401 THROUGH 75-67-449, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI TITLE PLEDGE ACT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 75-67-501 THROUGH 75-67-539, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI CHECK CASHERS ACT; 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
Business and Financial InstitutionsFeb 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 committees on Business and Financial Institutions and on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Business and Financial Institutions;Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate