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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2373

Mississippi Workplace Safety Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI WORKPLACE SAFETY ACT; TO DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS; TO PREVENT INSPECTORS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW TO SELECT A NONEMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVE EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIRING ACCEPTABLE NONEMPLOYEE REPRESENTATIVES; TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR AGGRIEVED EMPLOYERS; TO ALLOW EMPLOYERS TO ASSERT VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT IN JUDICIAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS; TO INSTITUTE A FINE FOR A KNOWING VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROHIBIT USE OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY AS AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IN ANY ACTION PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; TO NOTE THAT THIS ACT IS SEVERABLE; TO PROVIDE FOR JUDICIAL DECISIONS NAMING THIS ACT INVALID, UNDULY BURDENSOME, OR UNCONSTITUTIONALLY VAGUE; TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR TO INTERVENE AS A MATTER OF RIGHT IN ANY CASE WHERE THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THIS ACT IS CHALLENGED; 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 Senate

2 co-sponsors

Kathy L. Chism, Joseph M. Seymour

Its course

February 12 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 SenateFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 days

LaborFeb 12 to Mar 5 · stopped22 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 Senate Feb 12 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 12Referred to the Senate committees on Labor and on Government Structure
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 12Referred To Labor;Government StructureSenate
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate