l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1217

Firearms; prohibit cities and counties from adding restrictions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 45-9-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CITIES AND COUNTIES FROM USING A NOTICE OR BAN TO RESTRICT A LICENSED CONCEALED FIREARM HOLDER FROM ENTERING CERTAIN LOCATIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS OF THIS PROVISION USING STATE CORRUPTION PROVISIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 45-9-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 7-5-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD TO THE LIST OF CORRUPTION CRIMES VIOLATIONS OF SECTION 45-9-53; 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

2 co-sponsors

Chris Brown, Fred Shanks

Its course

February 17 to March 3, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 House of Representatives Feb 17 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published