Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1116
Regulatory Sandbox Agricultural Innovation Pilot Program; establish.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE "REGULATORY SANDBOX AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION PILOT PROGRAM ACT"; TO CREATE AN AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX PROGRAM IN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE, WHICH ALLOWS A PARTICIPANT TO TEMPORARILY TEST INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR SERVICES ON A LIMITED BASIS WITHOUT OTHERWISE BEING LICENSED OR AUTHORIZED TO ACT UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT IN ADMINISTERING THE AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX PILOT PROGRAM, TO PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED BY APPLICANTS SEEKING APPROVAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX PILOT PROGRAM, TO ESTABLISH TIMELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION BY APPLICANTS AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO RESPOND TO SUCH APPLICATIONS; TO PROVIDE AN APPEALS PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS WHOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DENIED BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO REQUIRE APPLICANTS APPROVED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICE AND ASSURANCES TO CONSUMER; TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM DURATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX TESTING PERIOD; TO REQUIRE AN AGRICULTURAL SANDBOX PARTICIPANT TO RETAIN RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND DATA PRODUCED IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS REGARDING AN INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT OR SERVICE TESTED IN THE AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO TERMINATE AN APPLICANT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX AT ANY TIME AND FOR ANY REASON; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE, BY OCTOBER 1, AN ANNUAL REPORT TO PEER WITH INFORMATION REGARDING EACH AGRICULTURAL SANDBOX PARTICIPANT RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE AGRICULTURAL REGULATORY SANDBOX PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 69-1-13, 69-1-17 AND 69-1-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 69-19-1, 69-19-3, 69-19-5, 69-19-7, 69-19-9, 69-19-13 AND 69-19-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
AgricultureJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31
- Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives