Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2289
Governmental entities; prohibit public funding of advertisements, lobbying activities and certain convention or other meetings.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 5-8-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS AND TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM LOBBYING THE LEGISLATURE OR EXPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PAY CONTRACT LOBBYISTS; TO AMEND SECTION 5-8-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM USING RADIO AND TELEVISION ADVERTISING TO PROMOTE AGENCY PROGRAMS, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES; TO PROHIBIT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY SPONSORSHIP, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF CERTAIN PRIVATE CONVENTIONS AND MEETINGS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 17-3-1 AND 17-3-3, 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.
Its course
January 10 to January 30, 2018, 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 10 to Jan 30 · stopped20 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 10 to Jan 30 · stopped20 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 10 – Jan 30
- Jan 10Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 10Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate