l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 17

Vulnerable persons; revise law.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-47-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE DEFINITIONS THAT APPLY TO THE VULNERABLE PERSON ACT AND TO CLARIFY THAT ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF A VULNERABLE PERSON APPLIES TO BOTH THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE VULNERABLE PERSON; TO AMEND SECTION 43-47-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

6 co-sponsors

Mary H. Coleman, Kelvin Buck, Bryant W. Clark, Joe C. Gardner, Ferr Smith, Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

February 3 to April 3, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 935 days

Judiciary BFeb 3 to Mar 632 days

In the SenateMar 9 to Apr 3 · stopped25 days

Public Health and WelfareMar 15 to Apr 3 · stopped19 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 3 – Mar 9

  1. Feb 3Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Mar 6Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 9Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 12 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 12Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 15Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Judiciary, Division B
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 3Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 9PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 15Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  6. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate