l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 149

Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Grant Fund; create and issue bonds to fund.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 27, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BULLETPROOF VEST GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEY DEPOSITED IN THE FUND SHALL BE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO BE USED AS A MATCH FOR FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS TO PURCHASE BULLETPROOF VESTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES HAVING A BULLETPROOF VEST POLICY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE AGENCY ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE MONEY FROM THE FUND; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BULLETPROOF VEST GRANT FUND; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 11 to February 27, 2019, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Feb 27 · stopped47 days

Ways and MeansJan 11 to Feb 27 · stopped47 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 House of Representatives Jan 11 – Feb 27

  1. Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published