Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2491
MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION WITHIN TITLE 25, CHAPTER 61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF ANY SETTLEMENT OF ANY CIVIL PROCEEDING BETWEEN A PUBLIC BODY AND ANY OTHER PARTY MAY NOT BE MADE CONFIDENTIAL BY THE PARTIES TO THE SETTLEMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 25-61-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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
Judiciary, Division AJan 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.
In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
- Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
- Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate