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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1582

MS Employment Protection Act; revise penalties for violations of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Business and Commerce Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 71-11-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION ACT TO INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE DISSOLUTION OR REVOCATION OF THE OFFENDING EMPLOYER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, AND SECRETARY OF STATE MAY PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING ENFORCEMENT; TO PROVIDE CIVIL PENALTIES ENFORCEABLE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO AMEND SECTIONS 79-4-14.20, 79-4-15.30, 79-29-821 AND 79-29-1021, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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 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

Business and CommerceFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 5

  1. Referred to the House committees on Business and Commerce and on Judiciary A
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published