l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2850

Appointments to state agency boards and commissions; shall give due regard to race and gender.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ANY OTHER APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO RACE AND GENDER IN MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO STATE AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF STATE AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSION SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO RACE AND GENDER IN SENDING DESIGNEES TO MEETINGS; TO SPECIFY THE STATE AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES; 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 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 20 to Feb 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published