l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2236

Funeral processions; provide right-of-way and authorize law enforcement to escort.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 63-3-811, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FUNERAL PROCESSIONS WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-315, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A DRIVER OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WHO IS ESCORTING A FUNERAL PROCESSION TO PROCEED CAUTIOUSLY PAST A RED STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE; TO PROVIDE THAT A FUNERAL PROCESSION, WHEN ESCORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, MAY PROCEED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION REGARDLESS OF STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT AN UNESCORTED FUNERAL PROCESSION MAY FOLLOW A LEAD VEHICLE THROUGH AN INTERSECTION REGARDLESS OF A STOP SIGN OR TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICE AS LONG AS THE LEAD VEHICLE COMPLIES WITH STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RIGHT-OF-WAY; TO AMEND SECTION 63-3-517, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A DRIVER OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WHO IS ESCORTING A FUNERAL PROCESSION TO EXCEED THE SPEED LIMIT BY NO MORE THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR TO OVERTAKE THE FUNERAL PROCESSION AND DIRECT TRAFFIC AT THE NEXT INTERSECTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 63-3-205, 63-3-313, 63-7-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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 17 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division BJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate