Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2525
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EMPOWER THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH TO REGULATE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 71-1-25 and 71-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EMPOWER THE OFFICE OF WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH TO ENFORCE CHILD LABOR LAWS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO AMEND SECTION 41-3-15, IN CONFORMITY; 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
Sponsor
4 co-sponsors
Tammy Witherspoon, Sollie B. Norwood, Robert L. Jackson, Angela Turner-Ford
Its course
January 18 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
LaborJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 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 18 – Feb 2
- Jan 18Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 18Referred To Labor;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate