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2020 Regular Session

House Bill 603

Retirement; allow PERS retirees to serve in Legislature in same manner as for elected county or municipal offices.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations 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 25-11-127, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RETIRE AND CONTINUE AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND AUTHORIZE RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO BE ELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, IN THE SAME MANNER AS AUTHORIZED FOR PERSONS IN ELECTED COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL OFFICES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 25-11-105, 25-11-305, 5-1-41 AND 5-1-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS 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

2 co-sponsors

Jerry Darnell, Dale Goodin

Its course

February 5 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 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 days

AppropriationsFeb 5 to Mar 3 · stopped27 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 5 – Mar 3

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