l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1284

Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create to prohibit acquisition of forestry and agricultural lands.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on April 9, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI FOREIGN LAND OWNERSHIP ACT TO LIMIT THE ABILITY OF NONRESIDENT ALIENS TO MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY LAND IF THEY ARE FROM A COUNTRY THAT IS CONSIDERED A FOREIGN ADVERSARY BY THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF COMMERCE; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO LIMIT NONRESIDENT ALIENS FROM COUNTRIES THAT ARE LABELED ADVERSE TO THE UNITED STATES FROM EXERCISING OWNERSHIP OF MISSISSIPPI LANDS PAST A PRESCRIBED AMOUNT OF TIME; TO OUTLINE SITUATIONS FOR WHICH THIS ACT SHALL NOT APPLY; TO CREATE PROCEDURES FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MISSISSIPPI SECRETARY OF STATE TO FOLLOW TO PENALIZE VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 89-1-23 AND 29-1-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

42 co-sponsors

Brent Anderson, Donnie Bell, Charles Blackwell, Randy P. Boyd, Andy Boyd, Elliot Burch, Larry Byrd, Lester Carpenter, Sam Creekmore IV, Zachary Grady, Jeffrey S. Guice, Jeff Hale, Rodney Hall, Greg Haney, W.I. "Doc" Harris, Josh Hawkins, Justin Keen, Bill Kinkade, Steve Lott, Vince Mangold, Steve Massengill, Jay McKnight, Jonathan McMillan, Ken Morgan, Gene Newman, Karl Oliver, Jansen Owen, Brent Powell, Kimberly Remak, Rob Roberson, Randy Rushing, Donnie Scoggin, Andrew Stepp, Joseph Tubb, Lance Varner, Beth Luther Waldo, Price Wallace, Lee Yancey, Shanda Yates, Jonathan Ray Lancaster, Jerry R. Turner, Dana McLean

Its course

February 19 to April 9, 2024, 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Feb 212 days

AgricultureFeb 19 to Feb 201 day

In the SenateFeb 21 to Apr 9 · stopped48 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 27 to Apr 134 days

Judiciary, Division AApr 9 to Apr 9 · stopped0 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 Feb 19 – Feb 21

  1. Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Agriculture
  2. Feb 20Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 21Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 22 – Apr 9

  1. Feb 22Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 27Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  3. Apr 1Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Apr 9Recommitted to committee in the Senate
  5. Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19Referred To AgricultureHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 20Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 21PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 22Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 27Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  6. Apr 1Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedSenate
  7. Apr 9Recommitted to CommitteeSenate
  8. Apr 9Died In CommitteeSenate