Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2838
Construction contractors; repeal law requiring local permitting and annual State Board of Contractors licensing.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REPEAL CHAPTER 502, LAWS OF 2022, WHICH MANDATES THAT COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES REQUIRE PERMITTING AS A CONDITION TO CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS, AND WHICH REQUIRES THAT CERTAIN SUBCONTRACTORS, AS WELL AS PERSONS OR ENTITIES ACTING AS RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS, RESIDENTIAL REMODELERS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS OR RESIDENTIAL SOLAR CONTRACTORS, BE ANNUALLY LICENSED BY THE STATE BOARD OF CONTRACTORS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 19-5-9, 21-19-25, 73-59-1, 73-59-3, 73-59-9 AND 73-59-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO PROHIBIT COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES FROM PREVENTING A HOMEOWNER FROM APPLYING FOR A PERMIT FOR A CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON THAT HOMEOWNER'S RESIDENCE, OR FROM OBTAINING THE PERMIT UPON COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; 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 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 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.