Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2726
Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE ASBESTOS BANKRUPTCY TRUST CLAIMS TRANSPARENCY ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT A SHORT TITLE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PLAINTIFF DISCLOSURES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-9 MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL ASBESTOS TRUST CLAIMS BY A DEFENDANT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 11-67-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE TRANSITION PROVISIONS; 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
Judiciary, Division AJan 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 Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate