Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2647
Random drug testing; require for TANF recipients.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE RANDOM DRUG TESTING FOR ANY PERSON RECEIVING TANF BENEFITS; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY SUCH PERSON WHOSE TEST RESULTS ARE POSITIVE REGARDING THE PRESENCE OF ANY UNLAWFUL DRUG IN THE PERSON'S SYSTEM SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TANF FOR ONE YEAR; TO AMEND SECTIONS 43-17-1 AND 43-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 15 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 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 15 to Feb 3 · stopped19 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 15 – Feb 3
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate