l9n/ Mississippi

2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2796

Constitution; create procedure for selection of delegates to U.S. Constitution convention.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE ARTICLE V CONVENTION FAITHLESS DELEGATE ACT; TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE RELATING TO A CONVENTION CALLED FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DELEGATES SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE LEGISLATURE; TO REQUIRE DELEGATES BE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PLACE CERTAIN CONDITIONS ON THE DELEGATES; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REMOVAL OF A DELEGATE WHO VOTES IN VIOLATION OF THE CONDITIONS; TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR WILLFUL VIOLATIONS BY A DELEGATE; 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 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

RulesJan 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3

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