l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 871

Firearms; prohibit discharge in a densely populated area; restrict certain firearm from regulation by counties and cities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR A PERSON TO SHOOT OR DISCHARGE ANY FIREARM IN, ON OR ACROSS THE LAND OF ANOTHER LOCATED IN A DENSELY POPULATED AREA WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE LANDOWNER; TO DEFINE THE TERM "DENSELY POPULATED AREA" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO PROHIBIT A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY FROM ADOPTING OR ENFORCING ORDINANCES RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF CERTAIN FIREARMS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; 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

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published