l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2022

Justice courts; required to accept electronic filing.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary 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 AMEND SECTION 9-1-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE EACH JUSTICE COURT IN THIS STATE TO ACCEPT ALL PLEADINGS AND OTHER PAPERS TO BE SERVED, FILED, SIGNED OR VERIFIED BY ELECTRONIC MEANS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTRONIC COURT SYSTEM PROCEDURES; TO PROVIDE THAT A PARTY'S PARTICIPATION IN ELECTRONIC FILING IN JUSTICE COURT SHALL BE VOLUNTARY; 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 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 5 to Feb 1036 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 5 to Feb 127 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 2 · stopped20 days

Judiciary AFeb 24 to Mar 2 · stopped6 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 12

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 10

  1. Jan 5Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 10Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 10Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 12Reconsidered in the Senate
  3. Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended
  5. Feb 23Sent to the House
  6. Feb 24Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  7. Mar 2Died in committee in the House
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 1Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 10PassedSenate
  4. Feb 10Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  5. Feb 12ReconsideredSenate
  6. Feb 12AmendedSenate
  7. Feb 12Passed As AmendedSenate
  8. Feb 23Transmitted To HouseSenate
  9. Feb 24Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives