l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 217

Open container of alcohol; create offense for.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 12, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF AN OPEN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, LIGHT WINE OR BEER CONTAINER OR THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, LIGHT WINE OR BEER, WITHIN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE; TO PRESCRIBE CIVIL PENALTIES FOR 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

Its course

January 27 to March 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 27 to Mar 12 · stopped45 days

Judiciary BJan 27 to Feb 2024 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 27 – Mar 12

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published