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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2644

Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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 REQUIRE THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF TO COMPENSATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) BY MANDATING AT LEAST THE REGULAR HOURLY RATE BE PAID, OR HOUR-FOR-HOUR COMPENSATORY TIME, FOR THE FIRST 43 HOURS IN A WEEK, 86 HOURS IN A TWO-WEEK PERIOD OR 171 HOURS IN A 28-DAY PERIOD; TO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH THE FLSA FOR HOURS WORKED IN EXCESS OF THOSE STATED AMOUNTS; 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 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

Judiciary, Division AJan 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

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Municipalities
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published