Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Highways and Transportation Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2997
Motorcycle Operation Safety Program; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT A MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE A MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND OPERATOR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF MOTORCYCLE OPERATOR TRAINING AND TO PROMOTE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS; TO ESTABLISH COURSE REQUIREMENTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO APPOINT A STATEWIDE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY DIRECTOR TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE DIRECTOR AND THE PROGRAM INSTRUCTORS; TO ESTABLISH A MOTORCYCLE SAFETY AND OPERATOR TRAINING FUND; TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-19-5, 63-1-21 AND 63-1-43, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE CERTAIN TAXES AND FEES TO FUND THE PROGRAM; 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
Highways and TransportationFeb 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 Highways and Transportation and on Appropriations
- Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 4Referred To Highways and Transportation;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate