l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 104

Legal Tender Act; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO BE KNOWN AS THE LEGAL TENDER ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN GOLD AND SILVER COIN SHALL BE LEGAL TENDER; TO PROVIDE THAT NO TAX LIABILITY SHALL RESULT FROM CERTAIN ACTIONS INVOLVING LEGAL TENDER; TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON MAY COMPEL ANY OTHER PERSON TO TENDER OR ACCEPT GOLD OR SILVER LEGAL TENDER; TO DIRECT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO EMPLOY ALL REASONABLE MEASURES TO ENSURE THE UNFETTERED CIRCULATION AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF GOLD AND SILVER LEGAL TENDER; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

February 6 to March 6, 2012, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Mar 6 · stopped29 days

Ways and MeansFeb 6 to Mar 6 · stopped29 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 House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the House committees on Ways and Means and on Banking and Financial Services
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published