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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2764

Motor vehicles; allow registrant to indicate condition impeding effective communication for law enforcement notification.

Became law as Chapter 442, Laws of 2020, signed July 3, 2020, 137 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION IN TITLE 63, CHAPTER 21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR ISSUANCE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THROUGH THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTORS, OF SPECIAL DECALS TO BE PLACED ON THE LICENSE PLATES AND FRONT LEFT WINDSHIELD CORNERS OF VEHICLES OF APPLICANTS WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS OR DISABILITIES LIMITING OR IMPAIRING EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT; TO REQUIRE THAT THE INITIAL APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE CERTIFICATION OF A MISSISSIPPI LICENSED PHYSICIAN OR PSYCHOLOGIST INDICATING THAT THE APPLICANT, OR THE APPLICANT'S CHILD, PARENT OR SPOUSE, HAS A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION IMPAIRING THE ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT THE PHYSICIAN OR PSYCHOLOGIST HAS DETERMINED THAT THE COMMUNICATION IMPAIRMENT WILL LAST FOR AT LEAST FIVE YEARS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE APPLICANT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OR TO THE COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION IN TITLE 45, CHAPTER 6, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE BOARD ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMPONENTS ON MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL ISSUES TO ASSIST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN RECOGNIZING HEALTH CONDITIONS OR DISABILITIES THAT MAY IMPEDE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; 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

4 co-sponsors

Michael McLendon, Daniel H. Sparks, Neil S. Whaley, Kathy L. Chism

Its course

February 17 to July 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 action23 actions on 16 days

In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 517 days

Highways and TransportationFeb 17 to Feb 269 days

FinanceFeb 26 to Feb 271 day

In the House of RepresentativesMar 5 to Jun 16103 days

TransportationMar 13 to Jun 483 days

Ways and MeansJun 4 to Jun 95 days

TransportationJun 9 to Jun 90 days

Back in the SenateJun 16 to Jun 2913 days

With the GovernorJun 29 to Jul 34 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 5

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jun 16

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 5

  1. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Highways and Transportation and on Finance
  2. Feb 26Reported from HI to FI in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 27Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 5Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Mar 9 – Jun 16

  1. Mar 9Sent to the House
  2. Mar 13Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Ways and Means
  3. Jun 4Reported as amended from TR to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Jun 9Reported as amended from WM to TR in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Jun 16Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Jun 17 – Jun 29

  1. Jun 17Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Jun 18Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the Senate: Fillingane, Parks and Boyd
  4. Jun 23Conferees named in the House: Busby, Massengill and Hudson
  5. Jun 25Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Jun 26Conference report adopted in the Senate
  8. Conference report adopted in the House
  9. Jun 29Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Jun 29 – Jul 3

  1. Jun 29Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Jul 3Approved by the Governor
All 23 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Highways and Transportation;FinanceSenate
  2. Feb 26DR - TSDP: HI To FISenate
  3. Feb 27Title Suff Do PassSenate
  4. Mar 5AmendedSenate
  5. Mar 5Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Mar 9Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Mar 13Referred To Transportation;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  8. Jun 4DR - TSDPAA: TR To WMHouse of Representatives
  9. Jun 9DR - TSDPAA: WM To TRHouse of Representatives
  10. Jun 9Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Jun 16AmendedHouse of Representatives
  12. Jun 16Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  13. Jun 17Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  14. Jun 18Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  15. Jun 18Conferees Named Fillingane,Parks,BoydSenate
  16. Jun 23Conferees Named Busby,Massengill,HudsonHouse of Representatives
  17. Jun 25Conference Report FiledSenate
  18. Jun 25Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  19. Jun 26Conference Report AdoptedSenate
  20. Jun 26Conference Report AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  21. Jun 29Enrolled Bill SignedSenate
  22. Jun 29Enrolled Bill SignedHouse of Representatives
  23. Jul 3Approved by GovernorGovernor