l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2797

Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency 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 "DEFICIT PREVENTION ACT"; TO REQUIRE A STATE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OR INSTITUTION TO NOTIFY THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND CHAIRS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS OF A DETERMINATION THAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF A DEFICIT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR EXISTS; TO REQUIRE A STATE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT INSTITUTION TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO AVOID OR LIMIT ANY DEFICIT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Jeremy England

Its course

January 17 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 216 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Mar 1 · stopped27 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 24 to Mar 1 · stopped5 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 3 – Mar 1

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Appropriations
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published