l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 1422

Elected and appointed officials; require drug test and negative result before taking office.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE EACH PERSON ELECTED OR APPOINTED TO A STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICE TO SUBMIT TO A DRUG TEST BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL ASSUMES OFFICE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE INDIVIDUAL TO FILE DOCUMENTATION OF NEGATIVE TEST RESULTS WITH THE STATE AGENCY OR LOCAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY CONNECTED TO THE PUBLIC OFFICE FOR WHICH THE PERSON HAS BEEN SELECTED; TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON RECEIVING A POSITIVE DRUG TEST RESULT FROM ASSUMING OFFICE UNLESS THE PERSON SUBMITS DOCUMENTATION OF A NEGATIVE RESULT ON A CONFIRMATION TEST; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

January 20 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary A and on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published