l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2142

Funeral escort vehicles; may be marked with purple lights when leading a military funeral procession.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-7-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW ANY NONLAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE BEING USED TO LEAD AND FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT OF A MILITARY FUNERAL PROCESSION TO BE MARKED WITH BLINKING, ROTATING OR OSCILLATING PURPLE LIGHTS; 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 9 to March 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 9 to Feb 426 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 9 to Feb 325 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

Judiciary BFeb 26 to Mar 3 · stopped5 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 9 – Feb 4

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

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Mar 3

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