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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2701

Coastal Wetlands Protection Act; revise penalties for violations.

Became law as Chapter 500, Laws of 2009, signed April 6, 2009, 80 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-27-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES LEVIED BY THE COMMISSION ON MARINE RESOURCES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE COASTAL WETLANDS PROTECTION 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

Its course

January 16 to April 6, 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 action19 actions on 17 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 520 days

Ports and Marine ResourcesJan 16 to Jan 2812 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 528 days

Marine ResourcesFeb 9 to Feb 2516 days

Back in the SenateMar 5 to Mar 2722 days

With the GovernorMar 27 to Apr 610 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 5

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Ports and Marine Resources
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 5

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Marine Resources
  3. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 6 – Mar 27

  1. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the Senate: Dickerson, Gollott and Watson
  4. Conferees named in the House: Fredericks, Zuber and Byrd
  5. Conference report filed in the House
  6. Conference report filed in the Senate
  7. Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Mar 30 – Apr 6

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 19 actions, as published