l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1389

Mattresses; require seller to give notice when previously owned.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OR LEASE OF A SECONDHAND MATTRESS UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE CONSUMER IS GIVEN NOTICE THAT THE MATTRESS IS PREVIOUSLY OWNED; TO REQUIRE A YELLOW DISCLOSURE TAG TO BE ATTACHED TO PREVIOUSLY OWNED MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINGS; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

4 co-sponsors

Timmy Ladner, Dana McLean, Jansen Owen, 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 AFeb 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 A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published