Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 728
Corporations; require certain actions to be taken before political expenditures may be made.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 79-1-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT A CORPORATION FROM USING ANY MONEY OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE CORPORATION IN CONNECTION WITH A POLITICAL EXPENDITURE UNLESS THE STOCKHOLDERS, BY A CERTAIN VOTE, HAVE AUTHORIZED IN ADVANCE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY OR PROPERTY THAT MAY BE USED FOR CERTAIN POLITICAL EXPENDITURES AND DIRECTED THAT THE MONEY OR PROPERTY BE USED FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES; TO REQUIRE STOCKHOLDER CONSIDERATION OF POLITICAL EXPENDITURES TO OCCUR AT AN ANNUAL OR SPECIAL MEETING; TO REQUIRE A CORPORATION TO GIVE AND, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, POST A CERTAIN NOTICE WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME AFTER MAKING A POLITICAL EXPENDITURE; TO REQUIRE THE ANNUAL REPORT OF A CORPORATION TO CONTAIN CERTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT POLITICAL EXPENDITURES; TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION TO OBTAIN CERTAIN REMEDIES FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; 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
Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 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 committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary A
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives