Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Veterans and Military Affairs Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2735
Public construction projects; require entities to have verifiable percentage goals for veteran business participation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO HAVE VERIFIABLE PERCENTAGE GOALS FOR VETERAN BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; TO PROVIDE THAT PUBLIC ENTITIES SHALL REQUIRE CONTRACTORS TO MAKE GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO MEET THE VETERAN BUSINESS PARTICIPATION; TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PUBLIC ENTITIES TO SET ASIDE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF ANTICIPATED ANNUAL EXPENDITURES FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMMODITIES FROM VETERAN BUSINESSES; 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
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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
Veterans and Military AffairsFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6
- Feb 20Referred to the Senate committees on Veterans and Military Affairs and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 20Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate