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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2696

Contract lobbyists; prohibit uses of public funds to pay (PEER).

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ethics Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 5-8-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGES FROM EXPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PAY CONTRACT LOBBYISTS; TO CREATE SECTION 5-8-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Merle Flowers

Its course

January 16 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 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 days

EthicsJan 16 to Feb 3 · stopped18 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 16 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Ethics
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published