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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2403

Headlights; require use during precipitation.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE HEADLIGHTS OF VEHICLES SHALL BE OPERATED WHENEVER PRECIPITATION OR OTHER CONDITIONS RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF ONLY THE PARKING LIGHTS OF VEHICLES DURING TIMES WHEN THE USE OF HEADLIGHTS IS REQUIRED; 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

6 co-sponsors

Terry C. Burton, Billy Hudson, Robert L. Jackson, Kenneth Wayne Jones, Haskins Montgomery, J. P. Wilemon, Jr.

Its course

January 12 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Feb 322 days

Highways and TransportationJan 12 to Jan 2614 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 1 · stopped26 days

TransportationFeb 9 to Mar 1 · stopped20 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 12 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 12Referred to the Senate committee on Highways and Transportation
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 3Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 9Referred to the House committee on Transportation
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To Highways and TransportationSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 3Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 3PassedSenate
  5. Feb 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 9Referred To TransportationHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives