l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1303

Deceased and mentally incompetent persons; allows actions against.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ALLOW AN ACTION FOR RELIEF TO BE BROUGHT AGAINST A DECEASED OR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT PERSON; TO REQUIRE SUCH ACTION TO BE INITIATED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF THE TIME LIMITATION APPLICATION TO THE CAUSE OF ACTION; TO PROHIBIT THE WITNESS TESTIMONY OF PERSONS INTERESTED IN AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST A DECEASED PERSON OR HIS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, HEIR AT LAW, ASSIGNEE, LEGATEE, DEVISEE OR SURVIVOR, OR A MENTALLY INCOMPETENT PERSON OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING ORAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE INTERESTED WITNESS AND THE DECEASED OR MENTALLY INCOMPETENT PERSON; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 91-7-233, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published