Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Ports and Marine Resources Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
House Bill 823
Coastal Wetlands Protection Act; revise definitions to include "ordinary high water mark".
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-27-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AMEND THE COASTAL WETLANDS PROTECTION ACT TO DEFINE "ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK" TO MEAN A MARK ON THE SHORE DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT STAFF, ESTABLISHED BY FLUCTUATIONS IN WATER LEVEL AND INDICATED BY PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WATER STAINS, CHANGES IN THE CHARACTER OF THE SOIL, SCOUR LINES, PRESENCE OF DEBRIS LINES, CHANGES IN PLANT COMMUNITIES AND OTHER APPROPRIATE MEANS THAT CONSIDER THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SURROUNDING AREA; TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "COASTAL WETLANDS" TO MEAN ALL PUBLICLY OWNED LANDS SUBJECT TO THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDE; WHICH ARE BELOW THE ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK; ALL PUBLICLY OWNED ACCRETIONS ABOVE THE ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK AND ALL PUBLICLY OWNED SUBMERGED WATER BOTTOMS BELOW THE ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK AND INCLUDES THE FLORA AND FAUNA ON THE WETLANDS AND IN THE WETLANDS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 13 to June 9, 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 action6 actions on 6 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 13 to Mar 1127 days
Marine ResourcesFeb 13 to Mar 319 days
In the SenateMar 11 to Jun 9 · stopped90 days
Ports and Marine ResourcesMay 12 to Jun 9 · stopped28 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 13 – Mar 11
- Feb 13Referred to the House committee on Marine Resources
- Mar 3Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 11Passed the House
In the Senate Mar 12 – Jun 9
- Mar 12Sent to the Senate
- May 12Referred to the Senate committees on Ports and Marine Resources and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jun 9Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
- Feb 13Referred To Marine ResourcesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 3Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
- Mar 11PassedHouse of Representatives
- Mar 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
- May 12Referred To Ports and Marine Resources;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jun 9Died In CommitteeSenate