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.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 874
Cemetery law; revise provisions relating to perpetual care trust funds and encumbering cemeteries.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-43-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PAYMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE IRREVOCABLE PERPETUAL CARE TRUST FUNDS FOR CEMETERIES FOR THE SALE AND PLACEMENT OF PRIVATE MAUSOLEUMS; TO AMEND SECTION 41-43-45, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN PERPETUAL CARE CEMETERIES FROM BEING MORTGAGED, ENCUMBERED, LEASED OR OTHERWISE USED AS COLLATERAL TO SECURE ANY OBLIGATION; 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 20 to Mar 110 days
Ways and MeansMar 1 to Mar 6 · stopped5 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 committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Ways and Means
- Mar 1Reported from PH to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Mar 1DR - TSDP: PH To WMHouse of Representatives
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives