l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2585

Motor vehicle license tags; require proof of citizenship or legal alien status to obtain.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE PROOF THAT THE OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN OR ALIEN WHO IS LEGALLY IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE HE MAY RECEIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS; 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

2 co-sponsors

Chris McDaniel, Michael Watson

Its course

January 13 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 13 to Feb 1028 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 13 to Feb 321 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 3 · stopped21 days

Judiciary BFeb 16 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

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 13 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 13Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 3Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 12 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 12Sent to the House
  2. Feb 16Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 3Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 10AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 10Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 12Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 16Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives