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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 1078

Perpetual care and preneed cemetery and funeral laws; unlawful to make false or misleading statements in records under.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on March 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 41-43-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE A FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENT IN A MATERIAL RESPECT IN A RECORD THAT IS USED IN AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR FILED UNDER THE CEMETERY LAW; TO AMEND SECTIONS 41-43-31 AND 41-43-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 75-63-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO MAKE A FALSE OR MISLEADING STATEMENT IN A MATERIAL RESPECT IN A RECORD THAT IS USED IN AN ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR FILED UNDER THE PRENEED CEMETERY AND FUNERAL REGISTRATION 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 18 to March 2, 2021, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 922 days

Judiciary AJan 18 to Jan 2810 days

In the SenateFeb 9 to Mar 2 · stopped21 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 17 to Mar 2 · stopped13 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 House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 9

  1. Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 10 – Mar 2

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published