l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 848

Opioid Settlement Fund Committee; create to disburse opioid litigation settlement monies.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 12, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANNUALLY DETERMINING THE ALLOCATION OF MONIES RECEIVED FROM OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENTS AND DEPOSITED INTO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; TO DESIGNATE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO CONVENE THE COMMITTEE WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE OF THIS ACT; TO STATE CERTAIN PURPOSES FOR WHICH GRANTS FROM OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENT MONIES MAY BE AWARDED BY THE COMMITTEE; TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REMIT ELECTRONIC TRANSFERS OF FUNDS TO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; TO REQUIRE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO ANNUALLY SUBMIT AN ITEMIZED FINANCIAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE STATE AUDITOR ON DISBURSEMENTS MADE FROM THE FUND BY THE COMMITTEE; TO AMEND SECTION 27-103-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Kevin Felsher

Its course

January 16 to March 12, 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 action11 actions on 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 1025 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 16 to Jan 215 days

Appropriations DJan 21 to Jan 309 days

Public Health and Human ServicesJan 30 to Feb 45 days

In the SenateFeb 10 to Mar 12 · stopped30 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 17 to Feb 2710 days

AppropriationsFeb 27 to Mar 45 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 16 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations D
  2. Jan 21Reported from PH to A3 in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 30Reported as amended from A3 to PH in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  5. Feb 10Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 12 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 12Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Judiciary, Division A and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 27Reported as amended from JA to AP in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  5. Mar 12Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations DHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 21DR - TSDP: PH To A3House of Representatives
  3. Jan 30DR - TSDPAA: A3 To PHHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 10AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 10Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 17Referred To Judiciary, Division A;AppropriationsSenate
  9. Feb 27DR - TSDPAA: JA To APSenate
  10. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedSenate
  11. Mar 12Died On CalendarSenate