l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 317

State Personnel Board; require to create process for state employees to suggest improvement for state agency operations.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations 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 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO CREATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO ALL STATE EMPLOYEES A PROCESS AND AN APPLICATION TO ALLOW STATE EMPLOYEES TO SUGGEST IDEAS TO IMPROVE STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS; TO REQUIRE THE APPLICATION TO BE POSTED ON THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD'S WEBSITE; TO DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE PERSONNEL BOARD TO DEVELOP A METHOD OF EVALUATING STATE EMPLOYEE SUGGESTIONS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EACH STATE AGENCY; TO REQUIRE AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO RESPOND TO EMPLOYEE SUGGESTIONS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND TO CALCULATE THE PROJECTED SAVINGS OF THE SUGGESTION BEFORE ACCEPTING OR REJECTING THE SUGGESTION; TO REQUIRE THE STATE AUDITOR TO SUBMIT TO THE LEGISLATURE A REPORT OF A REVIEW OF THE CALCULATED SAVINGS; TO ESTABLISH THE INCENTIVE OF AN HONORARY MONEY AWARD FOR EMPLOYEES WHOSE SUGGESTION IMPROVES AGENCY OPERATIONS AND REALIZES SAVINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-134, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 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

AppropriationsJan 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. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives