l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2172

Certificate of merit; require for filing of negligence suits against licensed professionals.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE CONTEMPORANEOUS FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AS A CONDITION OF FILING ANY ACTION FOR DAMAGES ALLEGING PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE BY ANY PROFESSIONAL LICENSED OR REGISTERED IN GOOD STANDING IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; 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

Its course

January 14 to March 5, 2013, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 1330 days

Business and Financial InstitutionsJan 14 to Jan 2915 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 5 · stopped20 days

Judiciary AFeb 20 to Mar 5 · stopped13 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 13

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 14 – Feb 13

  1. Jan 14Referred to the Senate committee on Business and Financial Institutions
  2. Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 13Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 15 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 15Sent to the House
  2. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Business and Financial InstitutionsSenate
  2. Jan 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 13AmendedSenate
  4. Feb 13Passed As AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 15Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 20Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives