Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Economic and Workforce Development Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2722
Back to Work Mississippi Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION IN TITLE 71, CHAPTER 5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO BE KNOWN AS THE "BACK TO WORK MISSISSIPPI ACT"; TO SET LIMITS ON THE DURATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS BASED ON THE STATE AVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH OPEN POSITIONS SUBMITTED TO ANY STATE-ADMINISTERED JOB BOARD BY EMPLOYERS WILL BE DIRECTLY SHARED WITH UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMANTS BY THE DEPARTMENT AND A PROCESS BY WHICH THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REFER UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMANTS TO SUCH OPEN POSITIONS, INCLUDING FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND CLAIMANTS AND MONITORING WHETHER CLAIMANTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY RESPONSIVE TO A REFERRAL; 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
Sponsor
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
Economic and Workforce DevelopmentJan 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
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Economic and Workforce Development and on Appropriations
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Economic and Workforce Development;AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate