l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2019

Ban the Box Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 12, 2021. The 2021 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

Its course

January 5 to February 12, 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 action5 actions on 4 days

In the SenateJan 5 to Feb 12 · stopped38 days

LaborJan 5 to Jan 2722 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 Jan 5 – Feb 12

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Labor
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Failed in the Senate
  4. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  5. Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 5 actions, as published