l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 44

Courts; prohibit from applying foreign law under certain circumstances.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ADDRESS THE APPLICATION OF FOREIGN LAWS IN JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROHIBIT THE USE AND ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN LAWS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICABILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; 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

3 co-sponsors

Lester Carpenter, Mark Baker, Chris Brown

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 1236 days

Judiciary AJan 7 to Jan 2821 days

In the SenateFeb 12 to Mar 4 · stopped20 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 12

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 4

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published