l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1208

"Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act"; enact to provide for regulation of hemp.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Agriculture Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND LEGALIZE THE CULTIVATION, PROCESSING AND TRANSPORTATION OF HEMP; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO DEVELOP A STATE PLAN TO MONITOR AND REGULATE THE CULTIVATION, TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING OF HEMP IN THIS STATE AND COMPLY WITH ALL FEDERAL LAWS AND UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PLANS; TO REQUIRE THE LICENSING AND/OR REGISTRATION OF HEMP GROWERS AND PROCESSORS BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE; TO REQUIRE RECORD KEEPING AND INSPECTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR FEES FOR LICENSING AND/OR REGISTRATION PROCESS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVOCATION OF LICENSES AND/OR REGISTRATION AND IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE PERSONS GROWING OR PROCESSING HEMP TO GIVE BOND TO THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE AS A CONDITION OF LICENSURE; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER TO ESTABLISH THE AMOUNT OF THE BOND, AND TO PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH BONDS AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY FEDERAL LAW OR REGULATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 69-25-51, 41-29-113, 41-29-105 and 41-29-136, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

5 co-sponsors

Orlando Paden, Abe Hudson, Kabir Karriem, Tracey T. Rosebud, Carl Mickens

Its course

February 17 to June 9, 2020, 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 action12 actions on 9 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 416 days

AgricultureFeb 17 to Feb 258 days

Drug PolicyFeb 25 to Feb 261 day

AgricultureFeb 26 to Feb 260 days

In the SenateMar 4 to Jun 9 · stopped97 days

AgricultureMay 12 to Jun 9 · stopped28 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 4

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 Feb 17 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 17Referred to the House committees on Agriculture and on Drug Policy
  2. Feb 25Reported as a committee substitute from AG to DP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 26Reported as a committee substitute from DP to AG in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Mar 4Committee substitute adopted in the House
  6. Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 5 – Jun 9

  1. Mar 5Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Ford (73rd), Pigott and Mangold)
  2. Mar 6Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Mar 9Sent to the Senate
  4. May 12Referred to the Senate committees on Agriculture and on Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
  5. Jun 9Died in committee in the Senate
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Agriculture;Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 25DR - TSDPCS: AG To DPHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 26DR - TSDPCS: DP To AGHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 4Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 4AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 4Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 5Motion to Reconsider Entered (Ford (73rd), Pigott, Mangold)House of Representatives
  9. Mar 6Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  11. May 12Referred To Agriculture;Environment Prot, Cons and Water ResSenate
  12. Jun 9Died In CommitteeSenate