l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2087

Open Meetings Law; require official meetings to be broadcast via video livestream applications, with exceptions.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on March 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-41-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE OFFICIAL MEETINGS OF CERTAIN PUBLIC BODIES, WITH EXCEPTIONS, TO BE BROADCAST VIA VIDEO LIVESTREAMING APPLICATIONS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF EACH RESPECTIVE AGENCY, TO REQUIRE INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN ALL PUBLIC NOTICES, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY ACTION TAKEN BY SUCH A PUBLIC BODY FAILING TO COMPLY WITH LIVESTREAMING REQUIREMENTS IS VOID AND OF NO EFFECT; 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 11 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 SenateJan 11 to Feb 828 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 31 to Feb 11 day

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 1 · stopped21 days

Judiciary AFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 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 11 – Feb 8

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported as a committee substitute from AC to JA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  4. Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 9 – Mar 1

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary A and on Appropriations
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published