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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 443

Mississippi Poverty Reduction and Advocacy Office; create.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI POVERTY REDUCTION AND ADVOCACY OFFICE, A PUBLIC-PRIVATE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP THAT SHALL COORDINATE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF MISSISSIPPIANS IN POVERTY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OFFICE; TO SYSTEMATICALLY PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST PEOPLE IN POVERTY; TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST PEOPLE IN POVERTY TO ACCESS THE FEDERAL EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE TO REPORT ANNUALLY TO THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE ON ITS EFFORTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS; 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 6 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 6 to Feb 1 · stopped26 days

Select Committee on PovertyJan 6 to Feb 1 · stopped26 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 6 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the Select Committee on Poverty and the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published