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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2741

TANF; prohibit assistance to persons convicted of multiple felonies.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-17-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM PROVIDING ANY ASSISTANCE TO ANY PERSON CONVICTED OF MORE THAN TWO FELONY OFFENSES; TO REPEAL SECTION 43-12-71, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH IS THE PROVISION THAT OPTS MISSISSIPPI OUT OF 21 USC SECTION 862a(a); 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

1 co-sponsor

Chris McDaniel

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

Public Health and WelfareJan 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 Public Health and Welfare and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published