l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

House Bill 1257

Caffeine pills and powder; prohibit use and sale to juveniles.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CAFFEINE PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE REGULATIONS FOR RETAIL SALES CLERKS, PROCEDURES TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION; TO PROHIBIT JUVENILE POSSESSION AND CONSUMPTION OF CERTAIN CAFFEINE PRODUCTS; TO REQUIRE POINT OF SALE WARNINGS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR JUVENILES WHO MISREPRESENT THEIR AGE; TO PROHIBIT SALES OF CERTAIN CAFFEINE PRODUCTS IN VENDING MACHINES; TO PROHIBIT THE DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN CAFFEINE PRODUCTS OTHER THAN IN SEALED PACKAGES; TO PROHIBIT TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN CAFFEINE PRODUCTS FROM DISTRIBUTORS AND WHOLESALERS; TO AUTHORIZE UNANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS; TO REQUIRE CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUVENILES WHO VIOLATE THIS ACT; 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

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published