Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2591
SLRP; authorize current members to opt out and close for persons first elected after July 1, 2017.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-11-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO GRANT ALL PERSONS WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN ON JULY 1, 2017, A ONE-TIME OPTION TO WITHDRAW FROM MEMBERSHIP IN THE PLAN; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON EXERCISING THIS OPTION THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN BY THE MEMBER SHALL CEASE AND THE PERSON'S ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN SHALL BE PAID TO HIM OR HER; TO PROVIDE THAT THIS OPTION MUST BE EXERCISED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2017; TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO ARE ELECTED AS MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE OR PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE FOR TERMS BEGINNING AFTER JULY 1, 2017, AND WHO PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OR PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE BUT WERE NOT A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE ON JULY 1, 2017, SHALL HAVE THE OPTION OF WITHDRAWING FROM MEMBERSHIP IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PERSON'S ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PLAN SHALL BE PAID TO HIM OR HER; TO PROVIDE THAT ONCE EXERCISED, THIS OPTION SHALL BE PERMANENT; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PERSONS WHO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER JULY 1,2017, AND THE PERSONS WHO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER JULY 1, 2017, SHALL NOT BECOME MEMBERS OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATIVE RETIREMENT PLAN; 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
Sponsor
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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 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.