l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 1491

Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 12, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-5-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ELIMINATE THE ONE-WEEK WAITING PERIOD REQUIRED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS AND PROVIDE THAT AN UNEMPLOYED PERSON WHO IS FOUND TO BE ELIGIBLE SHALL RECEIVE BENEFITS IMMEDIATELY; 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

2 co-sponsors

Rufus Straughter, Adrienne Wooten

Its course

January 19 to February 12, 2009, 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 action5 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days

LaborJan 19 to Jan 2910 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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Labor
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 12Tabled in the House, subject to being called up again
  5. Died on the calendar in the House
All 5 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To LaborHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 12Tabled Subject To CallHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives