l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2635

Criminal history; enact "Ban-the-Box Act."

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "BAN-THE-BOX ACT"; TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN PUBLIC EMPLOYERS FROM USING CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION AS A PRELIMINARY BAR TO EMPLOYMENT; TO PROVIDE FOR JURISDICTION OVER COMPLAINTS FOR VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF THIS ACT; 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

2 co-sponsors

Tammy Witherspoon, Barbara Blackmon

Its course

February 17 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

LaborFeb 17 to Feb 258 days

Judiciary, Division BFeb 25 to Mar 3 · stopped7 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 Feb 17 – Mar 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from LA to JB in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published