l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2793

Driving; prohibit texting and revise punishment for no license.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 8, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 63-3-217, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE EXEMPTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PUNISHMENT FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE; TO REPEAL SECTION 63-1-73, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS TEXTING WHILE DRIVING BY THE HOLDERS OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMEDIATE LICENSES; 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

12 co-sponsors

David Blount, Albert Butler, Deborah Jeanne Dawkins, Hillman Terome Frazier, Alice Harden, Robert L. Jackson, Sampson Jackson II, David Jordan, Tom King, T. O. Moffatt, Haskins Montgomery, Kenneth Wayne Jones

Its course

January 17 to March 8, 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 9 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 317 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 17 to Jan 258 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 8 · stopped33 days

Judiciary BFeb 9 to Feb 178 days

AppropriationsFeb 17 to Mar 112 days

Judiciary BMar 1 to Mar 10 days

Judiciary BMar 8 to Mar 8 · stopped0 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 3

  • House of Representatives committee 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 17 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Jan 25Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 3Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 8

  1. Feb 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 9Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 17Reported as amended from JB to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 1Reported as amended from AP to JB in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Mar 4Tabled in the House, subject to being called up again
  7. Mar 8Recommitted to committee in the House
  8. Died in committee in the House
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Jan 25Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 3AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 3Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 9Referred To Judiciary B;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17DR - TSDPAA: JB To APHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 1DR - TSDPAA: AP To JBHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 1Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 4Tabled Subject To CallHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 8Recommitted to CommitteeHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 8Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives