Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 8, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2610
Agricultural operations; exempt from local regulations under certain circumstances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "AGRICULTURAL OPERATION," "FORESTRY ACTIVITY" AND "TRADITIONAL FARM PRACTICES" FOR PURPOSES OF LOCAL LAND USE REGULATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT LOCAL LAND USE REGULATIONS RELATED TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES SHALL BE PREEMPTED BY REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE AND THE MISSISSIPPI FORESTRY COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 17-1-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY SHALL NOT RESTRICT OR PROHIBIT ANY AGRICULTURAL OPERATION, FORESTRY ACTIVITY OR TRADITIONAL FARM PRACTICES BEING CONDUCTED ON LAND; 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 15 to February 8, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 8 · stopped24 days
AgricultureJan 15 to Jan 2510 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 15 – Feb 8
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Agriculture
- Jan 25Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 8Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To AgricultureSenate
- Jan 25Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 8Died On CalendarSenate