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2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2572

Residential builders/remodelers; revise licensing law.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 7, 2018. The 2018 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 REVISE THE DEFINITIONS OF TERMS 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; TO AMEND SECTION 27-17-457, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY RESIDENTIAL TRADE CONTRACTOR WHO HOLDS A CURRENT LICENSE ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF CONTRACTORS UNDER CHAPTER 59, TITLE 73, SHALL BE ALLOWED TO DO BUSINESS IN ANY MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY IN THE STATE WITHOUT BEING REQUIRED TO OBTAIN A SEPARATE LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE LICENSE BOND IN A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY; 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

Bob M. Dearing

Its course

January 15 to March 7, 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 action11 actions on 9 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 521 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 24 to Jan 306 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 7 · stopped30 days

Judiciary AFeb 19 to Feb 278 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 7

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 15 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Business and Financial Institutions and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from BF to JA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  4. Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 7

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  3. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Read the third time in the House
  5. Amended in the House
  6. Failed in the House
All 11 actions, as published