l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 14

Municipal council and board of aldermen meeting; authorize majority of quorum to transact business.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-3-19, 21-5-13 AND 21-9-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE BY THE QUORUM OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL BE NECESSARY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 21-7-9 AND 21-8-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

January 7 to March 4, 2014, 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 RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 630 days

MunicipalitiesJan 7 to Jan 2821 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 4 · stopped26 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 21 to Mar 4 · stopped11 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 Jan 7 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 7Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 6Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 7Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 21Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 7Referred To MunicipalitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 6PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 21Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  6. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate