l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 297

Local and private bills proposing to extend local tax for second time; require direct referendum.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Local and Private Legislation Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IF A LOCAL AND PRIVATE BILL PROPOSES TO EXTEND A LOCAL TAX THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED ONE TIME BEFORE THE EXTENSION PROPOSED IN THE BILL, THEN THE BILL SHALL PROVIDE FOR A DIRECT REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON THE QUESTION OF EXTENDING THE TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REFERENDUM SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION IN THE AREA; TO PROVIDE FOR AN INDIRECT REFERENDUM ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE LEVYING OF SUCH TAX AFTER THE INITIAL EXTENSION; 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 14 to February 5, 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 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days

Local and Private LegislationJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 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 14 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Local and Private Legislation
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published