l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 589

Mental Health; revise appointment of Board of Mental Health and Executive Director.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Government Structure Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-4-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF MENTAL HEALTH; TO AMEND SECTION 41-4-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE AND TO SERVE FOR A TERM; 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

1 co-sponsor

Kevin Felsher

Its course

January 15 to March 4, 2025, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 622 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 15 to Jan 238 days

In the SenateFeb 6 to Mar 4 · stopped26 days

Government StructureFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 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 Jan 15 – Feb 6

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Public Health and Human Services
  2. Jan 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 6Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 7 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 7Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Government Structure
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Public Health and Human ServicesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 23Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 6PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 17Referred To Government StructureSenate
  6. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate