Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 818
MDWFP; authorize to close or shorten open season due to high water or other exigent circumstances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-7-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS TO SHORTEN OR CLOSE ANY OPEN SEASON WHEN ANY GAME OR FUR-BEARING ANIMALS ARE FORCED OUT OF THEIR NATURAL HABITAT; TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VIOLATING THE SHORTENING OR CLOSURE OF AN OPEN SEASON; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
February 8 to March 22, 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 action7 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 157 days
Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksFeb 8 to Feb 113 days
In the SenateFeb 15 to Mar 22 · stopped36 days
Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksFeb 29 to Mar 22 · stopped22 days
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted
Adopted Feb 15
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 15
- Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
- Feb 11Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 15Amended in the House
- Passed the House as amended
In the Senate Feb 17 – Mar 22
- Feb 17Sent to the Senate
- Feb 29Referred to the Senate committee on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
- Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
- Feb 8Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksHouse of Representatives
- Feb 11Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
- Feb 15AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Feb 15Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
- Feb 17Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- Feb 29Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksSenate
- Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate