l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2623

Animal cruelty; revise.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 97-41-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CRUELTY TO VERTEBRATE ANIMALS; TO CREATE SECTION 97-41-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH THE CRIME OF AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANY DOMESTICATED DOG OR CAT; TO CREATE SECTION 97-41-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY UNDER THE CHAPTER; TO CREATE SECTION 97-41-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-41-1, 97-41-5, 97-41-7, 97-41-9 AND 97-41-16, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEAL WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY; 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

17 co-sponsors

David Baria, Terry C. Burton, Kelvin Butler, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Deborah Jeanne Dawkins, Bob M. Dearing, Hillman Terome Frazier, Robert L. Jackson, Sampson Jackson II, Kenneth Wayne Jones, David Jordan, Tom King, Chris McDaniel, Gray Tollison, Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 421 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 14 to Jan 2612 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Mar 2 · stopped26 days

AgricultureFeb 11 to Mar 2 · stopped19 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 4

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 4

  1. Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 4Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 11Referred to the House committees on Agriculture and on Judiciary B
  3. Mar 2Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 4Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 4AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 4Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 11Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives