Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Drug Policy Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1358
Industrial hemp; legalize and regulate for certain purposes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GROWING AND HANDLING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO REQUIRE THE LICENSING OF HEMP GROWERS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE; TO REQUIRE RECORD KEEPING, SEED RETENTION AND INSPECTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR FEES FOR LICENSING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVOCATION OF LICENSES AND IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-29-113 AND 69-1-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; 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
Drug PolicyFeb 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 Drug Policy
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives