Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2163
Public universities; provide for a State University System and local boards of trustees.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-101-1, 37-101-2, 37-101-3, 37-101-5, 37-101-7, 37-101-9, 37-101-11, 37-101-13, 37-101-15, 37-101-16, 37-101-19, 37-101-21, 37-101-23, 37-101-27, 37-101-29, 37-101-30, 37-103-1 AND 37-103-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM ESTABLISHED UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, TO CLARIFY THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF A CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BY THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND PRESCRIBE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHANCELLOR, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY BOARDS OF TRUSTEES AND TO PRESCRIBE THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS AND PRESCRIBE THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 5 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 SenateFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 days
Universities and CollegesFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 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 Senate Feb 5 – Feb 23
- Feb 5Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
- Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 5Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate