Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Forestry Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 1014
Forestry; repeal the Forest Harvest Act requiring leaving pine and hardwood seed trees when harvesting for commercial purposes.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REPEAL THE FOREST HARVESTING ACT, SECTIONS 49-19-51 THROUGH 49-19-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE LEAVING OF PINE AND HARDWOOD SEED TREES WHEN HARVESTING TIMBER FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES; 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 House of Representatives
Sponsor
5 co-sponsors
Randy P. Boyd, Vince Mangold, Bill Pigott, Preston E. Sullivan, Shane Barnett
Its course
January 16 to February 28, 2017, 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.
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 Jan 16 – Feb 2
- Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Forestry
- Jan 24Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 2Passed the House
In the Senate Feb 3 – Feb 28
- Feb 3Sent to the Senate
- Feb 20Referred to the Senate committee on Forestry
- Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate