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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2224

"Mississippi Legislature United States Constitution Study Committee"; create to identify unconstitutional state laws.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 5-3-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A "MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION STUDY COMMITTEE" AND PRESCRIBE ITS MEMBERSHIP AND AUTHORITY; TO DIRECT THE COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY AND REPORT ON STATE LAWS WHICH HAVE BEEN PASSED BY THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE IN VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 5-3-27, 5-3-29 AND 5-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH DEFINE AND PROVIDE FOR THE STUDY OF UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE BY THE GENERAL LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE; 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

9 co-sponsors

Albert Butler, Videt Carmichael, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Eugene S. Clarke, Tommy A. Gollott, Gary Jackson, Giles Ward, Michael Watson, Lee Yancey

Its course

January 5 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 action12 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 5 to Feb 1036 days

RulesJan 5 to Jan 3126 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

ConstitutionFeb 15 to Mar 1 · stopped14 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 5 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 5Referred to the Senate committee on Rules
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 10Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 10Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  3. Feb 11Reconsidered in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended
  6. Feb 14Sent to the House
  7. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Constitution
  8. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To RulesSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 10AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 10Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 10Immediate ReleaseSenate
  6. Feb 10Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. Feb 11ReconsideredSenate
  8. Feb 11AmendedSenate
  9. Feb 11Passed As AmendedSenate
  10. Feb 14Transmitted To HouseSenate
  11. Feb 15Referred To ConstitutionHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives