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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 3066

Open top vehicles; revise requirements for covering when carrying certain loads.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-7-83 AND 63-7-85, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED ON OR AFTER JULY 1, 2009, TO BE EQUIPPED WITH AND USE A TARPAULIN, CANVAS OR OTHER SUCH TOP TO COVER THEIR LOADS WHEN CARRYING CERTAIN LOOSE MATERIAL OVER STATE HIGHWAYS; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BEFORE JULY 1, 2009, THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH A TARPAULIN, CANVAS OR OTHER SUCH TOP TO USE SIDEBOARDS TO SECURE THEIR LOAD WHEN CARRYING CERTAIN LOOSE MATERIAL OVER STATE HIGHWAYS; 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

Robert L. Jackson, David Jordan

Its course

January 19 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 517 days

Highways and TransportationJan 19 to Jan 289 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped26 days

TransportationFeb 9 to Mar 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 19 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 5Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 6Sent to the House
  2. Feb 9Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Highways and TransportationSenate
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 5PassedSenate
  4. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 9Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives