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 362
"Mississippi Food Freedom Act"; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI FOOD FREEDOM ACT; TO DEFINE TERMS USED HEREIN; TO PROHIBIT ANY COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE FROM REGULATING CERTAIN PRACTICES INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL OR FARM PRODUCTS ON ANY PRIVATE PROPERTY; TO PROHIBIT ANY COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY OR OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM RESTRICTING THE RETAIL SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF UNPROCESSED AGRICULTURAL OR FARM PRODUCTS GROWN OR RAISED IN THIS STATE DIRECTLY FROM THE PRODUCER TO THE CONSUMER; TO AMEND SECTION 69-3-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 9 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 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
AgricultureJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
- Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives