Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's County Affairs Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2497
Annexation; require referendum in certain communities if municipality does not provide critical services.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES TO BE PUT TO A REFERENDUM BY THE COMMUNITY IF THE ANNEXING MUNICIPALITY DOES NOT PROVIDE A MAJORITY OF CRITICAL SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateFeb 16 to Mar 5 · stopped18 days
MunicipalitiesFeb 16 to Feb 215 days
County AffairsFeb 21 to Mar 5 · stopped13 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 16 – Mar 5
- Feb 16Referred to the Senate committees on Municipalities and on County Affairs
- Feb 21Reported as a committee substitute from MU to CA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 16Referred To Municipalities;County AffairsSenate
- Feb 21DR - TSDPCS: MU To CASenate
- Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate