l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2119

Public Accountancy; revise laws regulating the practice of.

Became law as Chapter 477, Laws of 2016, signed May 11, 2016, 100 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "ATTEST" AS USED IN THE LAWS REGULATING PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE NUMBER OF COLLEGIATE-LEVEL SEMESTER HOURS OF EDUCATION REQUIRED TO SIT FOR EXAMINATION; TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN REFERENCE TO AN EXISTING CODE SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS OF THE BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY WHEN TAKING DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-33-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE USE OF PEER REVIEW RESULTS IN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS 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 Senate

Its course

February 1 to May 11, 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 action22 actions on 17 days

In the SenateFeb 1 to Feb 2625 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 26 to Mar 2932 days

Judiciary AMar 16 to Mar 226 days

Back in the SenateMar 29 to Apr 2628 days

With the GovernorApr 26 to May 1115 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 29

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 1 – Feb 26

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Business and Financial Institutions
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 29 – Mar 29

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Read the third time in the House
  5. Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 29 – Apr 26

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Wooten, Baker and Wilson)
  2. Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  4. Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  5. Conferees named in the Senate: Parks, Jackson (11th) and Clarke
  6. Conferees named in the House: Baker, Aguirre and Criswell
  7. Conference report filed in the Senate
  8. Conference report filed in the House
  9. Conference report adopted in the House
  10. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  11. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 26 – May 11

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 22 actions, as published