l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 555

"Mississippi Healthy Food and Families Program"; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI HEALTHY FOOD AND FAMILIES PROGRAM; TO DEFINE THE TERMS "ELIGIBLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES" AND "ELIGIBLE RETAILERS"; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS TO MISSISSIPPI FARMERS MARKETS AND RETAILERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MATCHING DOLLAR INCENTIVES FOR THE DOLLAR VALUE OF ELIGIBLE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AT FARMERS MARKETS AND RETAILERS; 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 House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

Bill Pigott, De'Keither A. Stamps, Kabir Karriem

Its course

January 13 to March 1, 2022, 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 220 days

AgricultureJan 13 to Jan 2512 days

In the SenateFeb 2 to Mar 1 · stopped27 days

AgricultureFeb 11 to Feb 2312 days

AppropriationsFeb 23 to Mar 1 · stopped6 days

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 House of Representatives Jan 13 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 3 – Mar 1

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Agriculture and on Appropriations
  3. Reported from AG to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published