Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
House Bill 439
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI FALSE CLAIMS ACT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE TREBLE DAMAGES FOR CERTAIN ACTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF COSTS AND CIVIL PENALTIES; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS UNDER THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BRING CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL ACTIONS BY INDIVIDUALS AS QUI TAM PLAINTIFFS; TO PROVIDE FOR JURISDICTION UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR LIMITATIONS OF ACTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT REMEDIES UNDER THIS ACT ARE IN ADDITION TO OTHER REMEDIES; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 7 to February 2, 2010, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 2 · stopped26 days
Judiciary BJan 7 to Feb 2 · stopped26 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 House of Representatives Jan 7 – Feb 2
- Jan 7Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
- Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 7Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives