Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2747
Open Meetings Law; regulate use of cell phones and where minutes are kept.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-41-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PUBLIC BODY MAY NOT PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF CELL PHONES, OR THE USE OF CELL PHONES FOR VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING, BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC DURING ITS MEETINGS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 25-41-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MINUTES OF MEETINGS SHALL BE KEPT IN THE BUILDING IN WHICH THE PUBLIC BODY NORMALLY MEETS; 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 21 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 SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 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 21 – Feb 5
- Jan 21Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate