l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2595

Cell phones; limit use and prohibit texting while driving.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Utilities Committee on March 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS; TO PROHIBIT CELL PHONE USE BY CERTAIN MINORS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; 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

6 co-sponsors

Billy Hudson, Robert L. Jackson, Sampson Jackson II, Haskins Montgomery, Giles Ward, Lee Yancey

Its course

January 14 to March 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 action13 actions on 8 days

In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 1027 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 14 to Feb 219 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 2 · stopped20 days

TransportationFeb 17 to Feb 247 days

Public UtilitiesFeb 24 to Mar 2 · stopped6 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

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 14 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Feb 2Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 10Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 11Reconsidered in the Senate
  3. Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended
  5. Feb 16Sent to the House
  6. Feb 17Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Public Utilities
  7. Feb 24Reported as amended from TR to PU in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  8. Mar 2Died in committee in the House
All 13 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Feb 2Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 10AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 10Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 10Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. Feb 11ReconsideredSenate
  8. Feb 11AmendedSenate
  9. Feb 11Passed As AmendedSenate
  10. Feb 16Transmitted To HouseSenate
  11. Feb 17Referred To Transportation;Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  12. Feb 24DR - TSDPAA: TR To PUHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives