Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Public Health and Human Services Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
House Bill 877
Food Deserts; require State Department of Health to track in Mississippi.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO TRACK FOOD DESERTS WITHIN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE BY DECEMBER 31 OF EACH YEAR IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF FOOD DESERTS IN THE STATE AND HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH FOOD DESERTS; TO DEFINE THE TERM "FOOD DESERT"; 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
5 co-sponsors
Zakiya Summers, Tamarra Butler-Washinton, Keith Jackson, Timaka James-Jones, Fabian Nelson
Its course
February 2 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 2 to Mar 5 · stopped32 days
Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 2 to Mar 5 · stopped32 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 Feb 2 – Mar 5
- Feb 2Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
- Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 2Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives