l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2127

Animal cruelty; revise.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture Committee on March 1, 2011. The 2011 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

1 co-sponsor

Merle Flowers

Its course

January 4 to March 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 4 to Feb 936 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 4 to Jan 2521 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 days

AgricultureFeb 14 to Feb 15 · moved on1 day

AgricultureFeb 15 to Mar 1 · stopped14 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 Senate Jan 4 – Feb 9

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

In the House of Representatives Feb 11 – Mar 1

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
  3. Rereferred to the House committees on Agriculture and on Judiciary B
  4. Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published