l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1137

Lobbyists; prohibit from being hired by agencies for which more than 40% of its funding consists of state funds.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY EXECUTIVE AGENCY FOR WHICH MORE THAN FORTY PERCENT OF ITS FUNDING CONSISTS OF STATE FUNDS FROM HIRING A LOBBYIST TO LOBBY THE LEGISLATURE ON ITS BEHALF; 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

1 co-sponsor

Steve Hopkins

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 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.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

AppropriationsJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published