l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2253

Salaries of judges, district attorneys and assistant district attorneys; increase/establish funding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 11, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SALARIES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT, JUDGES OF THE COURT OF APPEALS, JUDGES OF THE CHANCERY AND CIRCUIT COURTS, DISTRICT ATTORNEYS AND FULL-TIME LEGAL ASSISTANTS TO DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-7-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE GENERAL DOCKET FEE FOR FILING AN APPEAL IN A CIVIL OR CRIMINAL CASE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-7-9 AND 25-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR EVERY CIVIL CASE FILED WITH THE CHANCERY AND CIRCUIT CLERK TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR JUDICIAL SALARIES; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE A STATE ASSESSMENT UPON PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR JUDICIAL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND LEGAL ASSISTANT SALARIES; 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

Its course

January 10 to March 11, 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 action14 actions on 10 days

In the SenateJan 10 to Feb 930 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 10 to Feb 122 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Mar 11 · stopped30 days

Judiciary AFeb 15 to Feb 161 day

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 9

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 24

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 10 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 10Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 11 – Mar 11

  1. Feb 11Sent to the House
  2. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Feb 16Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 17Read the third time in the House
  5. Feb 24Amended in the House
  6. Failed in the House
  7. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Blackmon, Cockerham, Holland, Eaton and Malone)
  8. Mar 10Motion in the House to reconsider lost
  9. Mar 11Died on the calendar in the House
All 14 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 9Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 9AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 9Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 11Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 15Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 16Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 17Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  10. Feb 24AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Feb 24FailedHouse of Representatives
  12. Feb 24Motion to Reconsider Entered (Blackmon, Cockerham, Holland, Eaton, Malone)House of Representatives
  13. Mar 10Motion to Reconsider LostHouse of Representatives
  14. Mar 11Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives