l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 2

Courts; prohibit applying foreign law.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ADDRESS THE APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAWS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT THE USE AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN LAWS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICABILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; 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

3 co-sponsors

Charles Jim Beckett, Gary Chism, Bobby B. Howell

Its course

January 30 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 RepresentativesJan 30 to Mar 6 · stopped36 days

Judiciary AJan 30 to Mar 6 · stopped36 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 Jan 30 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published