Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 129
Counselors; direct licensing board to establish procedure for issuance of licenses by reciprocity to out-of-state licensees.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT APPLICANTS FOR LICENSURE AS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR ARE ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSURE IF THEY PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO AMEND SECTION 73-30-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS TO ADOPT REGULATIONS NOT LATER THAN JANUARY 1, 2017, TO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF LICENSES AS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR BY RECIPROCITY TO PERSONS WHO ARE LICENSED IN OTHER STATES AND WHO MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD; 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
Sponsor
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
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 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
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives