Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2179
Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-5-89 AND 43-21-121, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FAILURE TO PAY GUARDIAN AD LITEM FEES IS NOT CONTEMPT OF COURT BUT SHALL BE ENFORCED AS FOR ANY OTHER CIVIL DEBT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-11-65, 93-15-107, 93-17-8 AND 97-5-42, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 27 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 SenateJan 27 to Mar 3 · stopped36 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 27 to Mar 3 · stopped36 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 Senate Jan 27 – Mar 3
- Jan 27Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 27Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate