Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2293
S.N.A.P. (food stamp) purchases; direct DHS to limit to healthy food and beverages.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-1-28, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO RESTRICT SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITIONAL ASSISTANCE (FOOD STAMP) PAYMENTS TO PURCHASES OF HEALTHY FOOD AND BEVERAGES AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
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 SenateJan 30 to Mar 6 · stopped36 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Senate Jan 30 – Mar 6
- Jan 30Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 30Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate