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2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2474

Mississippi Whistleblower Reward Act; enact.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI WHISTLEBLOWER REWARD ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A WHISTLEBLOWER PROVIDES ORIGINAL INFORMATION AND SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE OF THE THEFT OR MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS OR PROPERTY TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THAT EVIDENCE LEADS TO THE SUCCESSFUL RECOVERY OF FUNDS BY THE DEPARTMENT, THEN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT, SHALL PAY SUCH WHISTLEBLOWER 15% OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE RECOVERY; TO PROVIDE HOW THE POTENTIAL REWARD SHALL BE RECOVERED; TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONALLY, THE COST INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH ANY VENDOR WHOSE SERVICES WERE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE DEPARTMENT TO FULLY INVESTIGATE SHALL ALSO BE RECOVERED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE IDENTITY OF THE WHISTLEBLOWER SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL EXCEPT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC RECORDS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 25-61-12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

Its course

February 16 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 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 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 Senate Feb 16 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 16Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate