l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 524

Disaster Assistance Trust Fund; expand uses of and increase maximum amount that may be transferred to.

Became law as Chapter 469, Laws of 2020, signed July 8, 2020, 155 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE NEW PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND MAY BE USED BY MEMA TO ASSIST COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES AFTER DISASTERS; TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT MAY BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE WORKING CASH-STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND TO THE DISASTER ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND FOR ANY DISASTER OR DISASTERS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Debra Gibbs

Its course

February 4 to July 8, 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 action19 actions on 15 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 2521 days

AppropriationsFeb 4 to Feb 2016 days

In the SenateFeb 25 to Jun 17113 days

AppropriationsFeb 28 to Jun 497 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesJun 17 to Jul 215 days

With the GovernorJul 2 to Jul 86 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 17

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 4 – Feb 25

  1. Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 26 – Jun 17

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Jun 18 – Jul 2

  1. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
  2. Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the House: Read, Bennett and Barton
  4. Conferees named in the Senate: Hopson, Polk and Norwood
  5. Conference report filed in the House
  6. Conference report filed in the Senate
  7. Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Jul 2 – Jul 8

  1. Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Approved by the Governor
All 19 actions, as published