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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2072

Employment First Act; require state agencies to consider persons with disabilities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 CREATE THE "EMPLOYMENT FIRST ACT"; TO REQUIRE THAT STATE AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SHALL CONSIDER, AS THEIR FIRST OPTION, COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT IN AN INTEGRATED SETTING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; TO REQUIRE ALL STATE AGENCIES TO FOLLOW THIS POLICY FOR EMPLOYMENT BY COORDINATING ALL COLLABORATING EFFORTS AMONG AGENCIES; TO AUTHORIZE STATE AGENCIES TO ADOPT RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE ACT; TO DIRECT THE DISABILITY RESOURCE COMMISSION TO REVIEW MEASURABLE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS SUBMITTED TO IT BY EACH RELEVANT STATE AGENCY TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; TO AMEND 43-30-1 TO PRESCRIBE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RESOURCE COMMISSION; 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 Senate

Its course

January 10 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 10 to Feb 4 · stopped25 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 10 to Jan 2919 days

AppropriationsJan 29 to Feb 4 · stopped6 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 Senate Jan 10 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 10Referred to the Senate committees on Public Health and Welfare and on Appropriations
  2. Jan 29Reported as a committee substitute from PH to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Public Health and Welfare;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 29DR - TSDPCS: PH To APSenate
  3. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate