l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2855

Residential builders/remodelers; revise licensing law.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-59-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "CONSTRUCTION MANAGER" AND "RESIDENTIAL SOLAR CONTRACTOR" AS USED IN THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS AND REMODELERS LICENSING LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 73-59-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED BY THE STATE BOARD OF CONTRACTORS UNDER THIS CHAPTER; TO AMEND SECTION 73-59-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE VIOLATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH LICENSING; TO AMEND SECTION 73-59-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE PERSONS EXEMPT FROM THE CHAPTER; TO AMEND SECTION 73-59-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE EXEMPTION FOR LICENSEES TO WORK ON CERTAIN COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL LICENSE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 73-59-5, 73-59-7, 73-59-11, 73-59-13 AND 73-59-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

1 co-sponsor

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

January 16 to February 28, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 621 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 6 to Feb 28 · stopped22 days

Judiciary BFeb 22 to Feb 28 · stopped6 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 – Feb 6

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Business and Financial Institutions
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 7 – Feb 28

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published