l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2302

Railroad grade crossings; prohibit obstruction of vehicular traffic for more than 20 consecutive minutes at grade crossings.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Highways and Transportation Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-9-235, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ANY TRAIN, RAILROAD CAR OR EQUIPMENT, OR ENGINE FROM OBSTRUCTING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AT A RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING UPON A PUBLIC STREET, ROAD OR HIGHWAY FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF 20 CONSECUTIVE MINUTES; TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS TO SUCH PROHIBITION; TO PROVIDE FINES FOR VIOLATIONS 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 Senate

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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Highways and TransportationFeb 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 Senate Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Highways and Transportation and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published