Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2246
16th Section lands; revise leasing procedure for leases for oil, gas and mineral explorations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-3-99, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE AND MODERNIZE CERTAIN PROCEDURES FOR THE LEASING OF SIXTEENTH SECTION LAND FOR OIL, GAS, CLAY, DIRT, AND OTHER LIQUID AND GASEOUS MINERAL EXPLORATION; TO SET A MINIMUM PER ACRE PRICE FOR SUCH LEASES; TO SET A MINIMUM ROYALTY TO BE PAID FOR ANY OIL, GAS AND COAL THAT IS PRODUCED FROM SUCH LAND; TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN NOTICE BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTY WHEREIN THE LAND IS SITUATED; TO REVISE CERTAIN BIDDING PROCEDURES; 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
January 20 to February 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 20 to Feb 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.