l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1245

Protection of public employee from reprisal for giving information to investigate body or agency; revise.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITIONS FOR "GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY" AND "EMPLOYEE"; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-172, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE NON-SUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-173, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED AS A RESULT OF AN EMPLOYEE'S REPORT OF IMPROPER GOVERNMENTAL ACTION; TO REVISE AN EMPLOYER'S RIGHT TO DISCIPLINE AN EMPLOYEE UNDER THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-175, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY FOR EMPLOYERS WHO RETALIATE AGAINST AN EMPLOYEE FOR REPORTING ALLEGED IMPROPER GOVERNMENTAL ACTION; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-177, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A TIMELINE FOR FILING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST AN EMPLOYER; 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

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives