l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 473

Beekeepers; prohibit any local restrictions on keeping honeybees.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY MUNICIPALITY, TOWNSHIP, CITY, COUNTY OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF FROM ENACTING ANY RESTRICTIVE ORDINANCES OR COVENANTS THAT LIMIT OR PROHIBIT ANY APIARIST OR BEEKEEPER FROM OPERATING COLONIES OF HONEYBEES IN SAID AREAS, PROVIDED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 69-25-101; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 69-25-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Bill Pigott

Its course

February 13 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 13 to Mar 1329 days

AgricultureFeb 13 to Feb 2815 days

In the SenateMar 13 to Apr 3 · stopped21 days

AgricultureMar 16 to Apr 3 · stopped18 days

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 House of Representatives Feb 13 – Mar 13

  1. Feb 13Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
  2. Feb 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 13Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 14 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 16Referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 13Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 13PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 16Referred To AgricultureSenate
  6. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate