Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Forestry Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 1531
Wooden pellets; authorize to use for fuel.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF WOOD PELLETS FOR FUEL; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS RELATING TO THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THAT PRODUCERS OF SUCH WOOD PELLETS ENSURE THAT THE FINISHED PRODUCT MEETS ALL FEDERAL AND STATE STANDARDS; TO PROHIBIT SUCH WOOD PELLETS FROM BEING TRANSFERRED, SOLD, EXCHANGED, DELIVERED, USED OR DISPOSED OF BY ANY OTHER MEANS UNTIL APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE AND THE STATE CHEMIST; TO REQUIRE THAT ALL CONTAINERS OR SIMILAR RECEPTACLES, WHENEVER CONTAINING WOOD PELLETS USED FOR FUEL FOR SALE OR DELIVERY, BE MARKED OR LABELED AS TO PLAINLY SHOW THE WEIGHT OF ITS CONTENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSIONER AND THE STATE CHEMIST HAVE JOINT AUTHORITY FOR SETTING SPECIFICATIONS OF WOOD PELLETS USED FOR FUEL AND SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ACT; 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
February 19 to March 5, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
ForestryFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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.