l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 547

ARPA Expenditures Ombudsman; establish to oversee all expenditures of ARPA funds.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE POSITION OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT (ARPA) EXPENDITURES OMBUDSMAN, WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR A TERM THAT EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 31, 2026; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OMBUDSMAN SHALL OVERSEE ALL EXPENDITURES OF ARPA FUNDS MADE BY THE LEGISLATURE, THE GOVERNOR AND ALL STATE AGENCIES AND SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ONGOING EXPENDITURE OF ARPA FUNDS IN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OMBUDSMAN SHALL PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT ON HOW ARPA FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED, WHO THE FUNDS ARE HELPING, AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS CAN BE MADE IN THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS, AND THE REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE AND SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL COMPENSATION OF THE OMBUDSMAN FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES SHALL BE PAID FROM ARPA FUNDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR THAT PURPOSE; 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

4 co-sponsors

John W. Hines, Sr., Jeffery Harness, Daryl Porter, Bryant W. Clark

Its course

January 24 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 RepresentativesJan 24 to Mar 5 · stopped41 days

Appropriations AJan 24 to Mar 5 · stopped41 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 24 – Mar 5

  1. Jan 24Referred to the House committee on Appropriations A
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 24Referred To Appropriations AHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives