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2024 Regular Session

House Bill 747

Conservatorship; prioritize relatives and revise notice requirements.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary 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 AMEND SECTION 93-20-401, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE REASONS THE COURT MAY APPOINT A CONSERVATOR; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-402, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MAY FILE A PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF A CONSERVATOR; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-403, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIST OF PERSONS TO WHOM A NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CONSERVATORSHIP IS REQUIRED; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-408, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHO MAY PARTICIPATE IN CONSERVATORSHIP HEARINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-410, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE RESTRICTIONS FOR PERSONS WHO CAN BE APPOINTED AS A CONSERVATOR; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-411, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHEN NOTICE OF A PETITION FOR CONSERVATORSHIP IS REQUIRED; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-413, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME FOR AN EXTENSION OF AN EMERGENCY CONSERVATORSHIP; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-414, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE LIST POWERS OF A CONSERVATORSHIP THAT REQUIRE COURT APPROVAL; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-418, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT A CONSERVATOR SHALL NOT USE HIS OR HER POSITION FOR PERSONAL FINANCIAL GAIN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 93-20-419 AND 93-20-420, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE WAIVER OF A CONSERVATOR'S PLAN AND INVENTORY REQUIREMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 93-20-425, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE A HEARING WHEN THERE IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR THE CONSERVATOR; 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

January 29 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 29 to Mar 5 · stopped36 days

Judiciary AJan 29 to Mar 5 · stopped36 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 29 – Mar 5

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