l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 479

Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; authorize sales and purchase of certain products containing without a prescription.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PHARMACIES TO SELL AND PERSONS TO PURCHASE, WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION, PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE OR EPHEDRINE; TO REQUIRE PHARMACIES SELLING PRODUCTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT TO USE THE NPLEX SYSTEM BEFORE SELLING THOSE PRODUCTS; TO REQUIRE PHARMACIES TO MAINTAIN AN ELECTRONIC LOG OF REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR EACH TRANSACTION; TO REQUIRE THE PURCHASER OF THE PACKAGE TO BE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, AS SHOWN BY VALID IDENTIFICATION, AND TO SIGN A RECORD OF EACH TRANSACTION; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; 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

7 co-sponsors

Nick Bain, Shane Barnett, Steve Massengill, Missy McGee, Jody Steverson, Price Wallace, Jonathan Ray Lancaster

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 417 days

Drug PolicyJan 18 to Jan 279 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Mar 2 · stopped26 days

Drug PolicyFeb 18 to Mar 2 · stopped12 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 House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committee on Drug Policy
  2. Jan 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 4Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 5 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 5Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 18Referred to the Senate committees on Drug Policy and on Judiciary, Division B
  3. Mar 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Drug PolicyHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 27Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 4Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 5Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 18Referred To Drug Policy;Judiciary, Division BSenate
  7. Mar 2Died In CommitteeSenate