Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2540
Failure to yield; slower traffic to keep right.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-603, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY THAT HAS BEEN DIVIDED INTO FOUR OR MORE LANES TO TRAVEL IN THE RIGHT LANE AND YIELD TO MOTORISTS TRAVELING AT A GREATER RATE OF SPEED; TO REQUIRE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ERECT SIGNS DIRECTING SLOW-MOVING TRAFFIC TO USE THE RIGHT LANE ON HIGHWAYS DIVIDED INTO FOUR OR MORE LANES; 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
January 12 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 SenateJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 12 to Feb 3 · stopped22 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 Jan 12 – Feb 3
- Jan 12Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 12Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate