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 2262
MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW CODE SECTION WITHIN TITLE 25 OF CHAPTER 61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF ANY SETTLEMENT OF ANY CIVIL PROCEEDING BETWEEN A PUBLIC BODY AND ANY OTHER PARTY MAY NOT BE MADE CONFIDENTIAL BY THE PARTIES TO THE SETTLEMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-61-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 31 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 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 days
Judiciary, Division AJan 31 to Mar 3 · stopped32 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 31 – Mar 3
- Jan 31Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 31Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate