Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2770
Appointments to state agency boards and commissions; shall give due regard to race, gender and geographic distribution.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND ANY OTHER APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO RACE AND GENDER IN MAKING APPOINTMENTS TO STATE AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, AND SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF APPOINTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND THE REAL POSSIBILITY OF MISSISSIPPI'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS BEING REDUCED FROM FOUR TO THREE; TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF STATE AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SHALL GIVE DUE REGARD TO RACE AND GENDER IN SENDING DESIGNEES TO MEETINGS; TO SPECIFY THE STATE AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES; 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
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 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 Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate