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2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2979

Congressional districts; bring forward section that provides for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 7, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-1037, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE NUMBER AND COMPOSITION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF THIS STATE; 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

David Blount

Its course

January 17 to April 7, 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 action20 actions on 14 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 822 days

ElectionsJan 17 to Jan 3114 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 1810 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 15 to Feb 183 days

Back in the SenateFeb 18 to Apr 7 · stopped48 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 18

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 8

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 8Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 18

  1. Feb 8Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 11Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  5. Feb 18Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Feb 21 – Apr 7

  1. Feb 21Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 14Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Mar 15Conferees named in the Senate: Burton, Flowers and Dickerson
  4. Mar 22Conferees named in the House: Reynolds, Wooten and Warren
  5. Mar 28Conference report filed in the House
  6. Conference report filed in the Senate
  7. Mar 29Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
  8. Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
  9. Mar 31Suspended from deadlines by House Concurrent Resolution 145
  10. Apr 7Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 20 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 8PassedSenate
  4. Feb 8Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  5. Feb 11Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  6. Feb 11Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 15Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 18Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 18AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Feb 18Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Feb 21Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 14Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  13. Mar 15Conferees Named Burton,Flowers,DickersonSenate
  14. Mar 22Conferees Named Reynolds,Wooten,WarrenHouse of Representatives
  15. Mar 28Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  16. Mar 28Conference Report FiledSenate
  17. Mar 29Recommitted For Further ConfHouse of Representatives
  18. Mar 29Recommitted For Further ConfSenate
  19. Mar 31Suspend from Deadlines by HC 145Both houses
  20. Apr 7Died On CalendarSenate