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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2287

Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to allow operation on municipal streets.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Municipalities Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF GOLF CARTS AND LOW-SPEED VEHICLES ON CERTAIN PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY; TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS OPERATING A GOLF CART OR LOW-SPEED VEHICLE TO HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR TEMPORARY DRIVER'S PERMIT AND PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN REGISTRATION OF GOLF CARTS AND LOW-SPEED VEHICLES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-19-3, 27-51-5 AND 63-17-155, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

1 co-sponsor

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

February 7 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 action7 actions on 5 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 426 days

FinanceFeb 7 to Feb 2013 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 4 to Jun 9 · stopped97 days

MunicipalitiesMar 17 to Jun 9 · stopped84 days

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 Senate Feb 7 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 7Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Feb 20Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 4Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 4 – Jun 9

  1. Mar 4Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Sent to the House
  3. Mar 17Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  4. Jun 9Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 7Referred To FinanceSenate
  2. Feb 20Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Mar 4PassedSenate
  4. Mar 4Immediate ReleaseSenate
  5. Mar 4Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Mar 17Referred To MunicipalitiesHouse of Representatives
  7. Jun 9Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives