Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 14, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2847
Short-line railroads; authorize towns to acquire, restore, construct, own, operate and dispose of.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE EACH TOWN IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI WITH A SHORT-LINE RAILROAD PARTIALLY WITHIN ITS TOWN LIMITS TO CARRY OUT AND IMPLEMENT, BY AND THROUGH ITS GOVERNING AUTHORITIES, THE ACQUISITION, RESTORATION, CONSTRUCTION, OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND DISPOSITION OF SUCH SHORT-LINE RAILROAD; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVERSION OF THE SHORT-LINE RAILROAD TO THE PRIOR OWNER IF A SUCCESSOR GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE TOWN CHOOSES TO TERMINATE THE SHORT-LINE RAILROAD PROJECT OR TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF AN ACQUIRED SHORT-LINE RAILROAD; THE ENUMERATION OF ANY SPECIFIC RIGHTS AND POWERS CONTAINED IN THIS ACT SHALL BE CONSTRUED BROADLY TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 19 to March 14, 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 19 to Mar 14 · stopped24 days
AppropriationsFeb 19 to Feb 2910 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 19 – Mar 14
- Feb 19Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
- Feb 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Mar 14Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 19Referred To AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Mar 14Died On CalendarSenate