l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 682

Emergency management; define certain terms and authorize MEMA to expend funds for public preparedness and mitigation.

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 SECTION 33-15-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "GOVERNOR'S AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE" AND "ADVERTISING" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY TO EXPEND FEDERAL FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AS WELL AS STATE DISASTER FUNDING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED APPROACH FOR PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION PUBLIC AWARENESS WITHIN THE STATE, AS WELL AS DISSEMINATION OF DISASTER AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION THROUGH MULTIMEDIA PUBLIC EDUCATION, AWARENESS AND ADVERTISING EFFORTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AGENCY SHALL SERVE AS THE COORDINATING AGENCY FOR ALL 911, E-911 AND/OR NG911 CAPABILITIES OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AGENCY SHALL PREPARE A PLAN WITH PROPOSED STATE FUNDING PRIORITIES FOR MISSISSIPPI'S REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM ACTIVITIES; 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

John W. Hines, Sr.

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 718 days

AppropriationsJan 20 to Jan 3010 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 4 · stopped25 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 17 to Mar 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 7

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 7Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 10Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 10Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 17Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  6. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate