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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2767

The Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council; create.

Became law as Chapter 469, Laws of 2025, signed April 10, 2025, 80 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND ADVISORY COUNCIL; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR; TO AMEND SECTION 27-103-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXPAND THE LIST OF MANUFACTURERS AND PHARMACY CHAINS WHOM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL MAY RECEIVE MONIES FROM DUE TO OPIOID LITIGATION SETTLEMENTS ENTERED INTO BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON BEHALF OF THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL DEPOSIT SETTLEMENT MONIES RECEIVED INTO THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT ABATEMENT SETTLEMENT FUNDS SHALL BE DISBURSED UPON APPROPRIATIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL OVERSEE THE EXPENDITURE OF ABATEMENT FUNDS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPIOID SETTLEMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT NONABATEMENT FUNDS SHALL BE DISBURSED UPON APPROPRIATIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE WITHOUT RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COUNCIL; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHALL HAVE ULTIMATE OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY OVER THE EXPENDITURE OF NONABATEMENT FUNDS TO ENSURE NO MORE THAN 30% OF NONABATEMENT MONIES ARE EXPENDED FROM THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS; 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

Its course

January 20 to April 10, 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 action24 actions on 17 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 516 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 5 to Mar 528 days

Public Health and Human ServicesFeb 14 to Feb 2713 days

Appropriations CFeb 27 to Mar 45 days

Public Health and Human ServicesMar 4 to Mar 40 days

Back in the SenateMar 5 to Apr 733 days

With the GovernorApr 7 to Apr 103 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 5

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 5

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 5Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 6 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 6Sent to the House
  2. Feb 14Referred to the House committees on Public Health and Human Services and on Appropriations C
  3. Feb 27Reported as amended from PH to A2 in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Mar 4Reported as amended from A2 to PH in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  6. Mar 5Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 6 – Apr 7

  1. Mar 6Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 7Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Mar 17Conferees named in the Senate: Wiggins, Boyd and England
  4. Mar 19Conferees named in the House: Creekmore IV, Felsher and Deweese
  5. Mar 31Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Apr 1Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  9. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Creekmore IV and Felsher)
  10. Apr 2Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  11. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 7 – Apr 10

  1. Apr 7Enrolled bill signed in the House
  2. Apr 10Approved by the Governor
All 24 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 5Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 5PassedSenate
  5. Feb 6Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 14Referred To Public Health and Human Services;Appropriations CHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 27DR - TSDPAA: PH To A2House of Representatives
  8. Mar 4DR - TSDPAA: A2 To PHHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 5AmendedHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 5Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  12. Mar 6Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  13. Mar 7Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  14. Mar 17Conferees Named Wiggins,Boyd,EnglandSenate
  15. Mar 19Conferees Named Creekmore IV,Felsher,DeweeseHouse of Representatives
  16. Mar 31Conference Report FiledSenate
  17. Mar 31Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  18. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  19. Apr 1Conference Report AdoptedSenate
  20. Apr 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Creekmore IV, Felsher)House of Representatives
  21. Apr 2Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  22. Apr 7Enrolled Bill SignedSenate
  23. Apr 7Enrolled Bill SignedHouse of Representatives
  24. Apr 10Approved by GovernorGovernor