l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1301

Construction contracts; provide certain requirements regarding retainage.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Business and Financial Institutions Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF RETAINAGE AND ESTABLISH THE TIMING FOR RELEASE OF RETAINAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST FOR IMPROPERLY HELD RETAINAGE; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE TYPES OF CONTRACTS TO WHICH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT DO NOT APPLY; TO AMEND SECTION 31-5-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERM "RETAINAGE" FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS; 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

Its course

February 19 to April 2, 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 717 days

Business and CommerceFeb 19 to Feb 2910 days

In the SenateMar 7 to Apr 2 · stopped26 days

Business and Financial InstitutionsMar 21 to Apr 2 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 12

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 – Mar 7

  1. Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Business and Commerce
  2. Feb 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 7Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 7 – Apr 2

  1. Mar 7Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Yancey and Calvert)
  2. Mar 12Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Mar 14Sent to the Senate
  6. Mar 21Referred to the Senate committee on Business and Financial Institutions
  7. Apr 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19Referred To Business and CommerceHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 29Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 7PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 7Motion to Reconsider Entered (Yancey, Calvert)House of Representatives
  5. Mar 12ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 21Referred To Business and Financial InstitutionsSenate
  10. Apr 2Died In CommitteeSenate