l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2266

Retail sales; prohibit seller from refusing to accept cash as a form of payment for goods and services.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "RESPECT THE CASH ACT"; TO PROHIBIT A PERSON SELLING OR OFFERING FOR SALE GOODS OR SERVICES AT RETAIL IN THIS STATE FROM REFUSING TO ACCEPT CASH AS A FORM OF PAYMENT FOR SUCH GOODS OR SERVICES; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE 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.

Its course

January 12 to February 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Feb 2 · stopped21 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 28 to Feb 2 · stopped5 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 12 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Business and Financial Institutions and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported from BF to JA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published