l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 486

Birth certificates; Tribal Court of the Choctaw Indians has same authority as chancery courts to make changes/corrections in.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare 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 SECTION 41-57-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE MISSISSIPPI BAND OF CHOCTAW INDIANS SHALL HAVE THE SAME AUTHORITY AS CHANCERY COURTS TO MAKE CHANGES OR CORRECTIONS IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATES OF PERSONS OF MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW DESCENT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Bobby Moak

Its course

January 20 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 20 to Feb 617 days

Judiciary AJan 20 to Jan 288 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 4 · stopped26 days

Public Health and WelfareFeb 14 to Mar 4 · stopped18 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 6

  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 7 – Mar 4

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published