Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 1129
Cemeteries; prohibit additional charges for subsequent burial on plot from which remains are disinterred.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-43-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT CEMETERY OWNERS MAY NOT RESELL A GRAVE SPACE THAT PREVIOUSLY HAS BEEN SOLD AND NOT RECONVEYED BY THE PURCHASER TO THE CEMETERY; TO PROHIBIT A CEMETERY FROM CHARGING THE OWNER OF A GRAVE SPACE ANY ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR A SUBSEQUENT BURIAL ON THE SAME GRAVE SPACE AFTER THE ORIGINAL REMAINS BURIED ON THE SPACE HAVE BEEN DISINTERRED; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 20 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 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives