l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2537

Local governments; prohibit from imposing penalties or fines on security companies when false security alarm occurs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 12, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ANY MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY OR ANY OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR REGULATION THAT IMPOSES A CIVIL PENALTY OR FINE ON A BUSINESS ENGAGED IN THE SECURITY BUSINESS IF SUCH BUSINESS RECEIVES A FALSE SECURITY ALARM UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 19-3-40 AND 21-17-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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

Its course

February 17 to March 12, 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 action4 actions on 4 days

In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 12 · stopped24 days

County AffairsFeb 17 to Feb 203 days

MunicipalitiesFeb 20 to Mar 211 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 17 – Mar 12

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on County Affairs and on Municipalities
  2. Reported from CA to MU in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 4 actions, as published