l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2699

Nonnative plant species control; exempt forestry and silviculture activities from permit requirement for areas exceeding one acre.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Forestry 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 69-25-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED IN FORESTRY AND SILVICULTURE ACTIVITIES FROM THE SPECIAL PERMIT REQUIREMENT FOR PLANTINGS IN EXCESS OF ONE ACRE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING THE CULTIVATION OF NONNATIVE PLANT SPECIES FOR FUEL PRODUCTION; 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 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 1122 days

AgricultureJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

ForestryFeb 15 to Mar 4 · stopped17 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 20 – Feb 11

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 12 – Mar 4

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Forestry
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published