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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2361

Mississippi Department of Agriculture and DEQ; reorganize.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on April 18, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY WHICH SHALL CONSIST OF THE PROGRAMS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HEALTH, THE MISSISSIPPI FAIR COMMISSION AND THE MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE TO SERVE AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY; TO TRANSFER THE SAID PROGRAMS TO THE NEW MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND PRESCRIBE AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH, THE MISSISSIPPI FAIR COMMISSION AND THE MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION ARE ADVISORY ENTITIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 69-1-1, 69-1-3, 69-1-9, 69-1-11, 69-1-13, 69-1-14, 69-15-2, 69-15-5, 69-15-7, 69-15-9, 69-15-15, 69-15-51, 69-15-53, 69-15-55, 69-15-57, 69-15-61, 69-15-63, 69-15-65, 69-15-201, 69-15-301, 69-19-1, 69-21-105, 69-23-3, 69-23-107, 69-24-3, 69-25-1, 69-25-3, 69-25-5, 69-25-7, 69-25-103, 69-5-1, 69-5-3, 69-5-5, 69-5-7, 69-5-8, 69-5-11 AND 69-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO TRANSFER THE FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI SOIL AND WATER COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY ENTITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 49-2-4, 49-2-7, 49-19-1, 49-19-3, 49-19-5, 49-19-7, 49-19-9, 49-19-11, 49-19-15, 49-19-21, 49-19-25, 49-19-65, 49-19-67, 49-19-71, 49-19-73, 49-19-111, 49-19-113, 49-19-115, 49-19-117, 49-19-205, 49-19-207, 49-19-211, 49-19-213, 49-19-215, 49-19-217, 49-19-219, 49-19-221, 49-19-223, 49-19-225, 49-19-227, 49-19-305, 49-19-307, 49-19-351, 51-9-107, 51-11-5, 51-11-9, 51-13-105, 51-13-107, 53-5-1, 55-3-1, 55-3-11, 55-3-19, 55-3-21, 55-3-23, 29-3-27, 29-3-45, 29-3-47, 29-3-49, 29-3-54, 29-3-85, 29-3-87, 49-7-203, 69-3-1, 69-29-1, 69-37-5, 69-45-5, 69-46-3, 69-47-1, 79-22-5, 69-27-2, 69-27-7, 69-27-9, 69-27-11, 69-27-13, 69-27-14, 69-27-31, 69-27-61, 69-27-301, 69-27-303, 69-27-305, 69-27-307, 69-27-308, 69-27-309, 69-27-311, 69-27-331, 69-27-333, 69-27-337, 69-27-341, 69-27-345, 69-27-369, 69-28-3, 69-29-103, 69-29-111, 69-29-115, 69-31-1, 69-31-3, 69-39-1, 69-39-3, 69-44-1, 69-48-1, 69-51-5, 69-53-7 AND 25-9-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO AMEND SECTION 73-36-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SHALL PERFORM ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, TESTING AND COMPLAINT FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR FORESTERS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-63-17 AND 73-63-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SHALL PERFORM ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, TESTING AND COMPLAINT FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR PROFESSIONAL GEOLOGISTS; TO AMEND SECTION 73-39-57, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SHALL PERFORM ALL ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, TESTING AND COMPLAINT FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR THE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICINE; TO AMEND SECTION 25-9-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT THE PERSONNEL ACTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY FROM STATE PERSONNEL BOARD PROCEDURES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR; 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 April 18, 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 action18 actions on 13 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Mar 223 days

AppropriationsFeb 8 to Feb 1810 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 2 to Mar 2927 days

AppropriationsMar 8 to Mar 2214 days

Back in the SenateMar 29 to Apr 18 · stopped20 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 2

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 29

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 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 8Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 18Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 2Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – Mar 29

  1. Mar 4Sent to the House
  2. Mar 8Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  3. Mar 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 25Read the third time in the House
  5. Mar 29Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 29 – Apr 18

  1. Mar 29Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Wooten, Frierson and Huddleston (15th))
  2. Mar 30Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  4. Mar 31Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  5. Apr 11Conferees named in the Senate: Clarke, Burton and Tindell
  6. Apr 13Conferees named in the House: Frierson, Huddleston (15th) and Bounds
  7. Apr 18Died in conference in the Senate
All 18 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 18Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Mar 2Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Mar 2AmendedSenate
  5. Mar 2Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Mar 4Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Mar 8Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 22Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 29AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 29Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 29Motion to Reconsider Entered (Wooten, Frierson, Huddleston (15th))House of Representatives
  13. Mar 30Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  14. Mar 30Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  15. Mar 31Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  16. Apr 11Conferees Named Clarke,Burton,TindellSenate
  17. Apr 13Conferees Named Frierson,Huddleston (15th),BoundsHouse of Representatives
  18. Apr 18Died In ConferenceSenate