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2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2787

Water skiing; revise safety requirements.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks 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 59-21-87, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW WATER SKIING WITHOUT AN OBSERVER IN THE BOAT IF THE BOAT IS EQUIPPED WITH CERTAIN MIRRORS; TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF A MOTORBOAT ON WATERS OF THIS STATE WHILE TOWING A PERSON ON WATER SKIS, OR ON AN AQUAPLANE OR SIMILAR DEVICE; TO EXEMPT WAKEBOARDING FROM THIS PROHIBITION; TO REQUIRE SKIERS TO WEAR A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE; 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 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 8 days

In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 316 days

Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksJan 18 to Feb 114 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 3 to Mar 2 · stopped27 days

Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksFeb 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.

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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 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Mar 2

  1. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Reconsidered in the Senate
  3. Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended
  5. Sent to the House
  6. Referred to the House committee on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
  7. Died in committee in the House
All 10 actions, as published