l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 475

The Public Transparency of Emails and Calendars Act; create.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY OF EMAILS AND CALENDARS ACT TO REQUIRE ANY EMAILS OR CALENDARS REGARDING ANY LEGISLATION OR THE CARRYING OUT OF ANY OFFICIAL DUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND ALL OF THEIR STAFF, TO BE PRESERVED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-61-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF "PUBLIC RECORDS" UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT TO INCLUDE THE RECORDS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-61-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT BE EXEMPT FROM THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT FOR THE RECORDS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 9 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 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days

RulesJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 9 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 9Referred to the House committees on Rules and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 9Referred To Rules;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives