Mississippi House Bill 1127 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 28 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-28 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 25-41-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Minutes Of All Meetings Of A Public Body Required To Be Recorded Under The Open Meetings Act Be Recorded Within 28 Days Of Recess Or Adjournment Of The Meetings Instead Of 30 Days After Recess Or Adjournment Of The Meetings; To Require A Public Body To Post On Its Website, If It Has One, A Copy Of The Minutes Required To Be Kept Under The Open Meetings Act; To Require That A Copy Of Those Minutes Be Maintained On The Website For At Least 12 Months After Posting The Minutes; To Require The Public Body To Post The Minutes On The Website Within 35 Days After The Meeting; To Provide That The Inability Of The Public To Access The Public Body's Website Due To Any Type Of Technological Failure Is Not A Violation Of The Provisions Of The Open Meetings Act; And For Related Purposes.

Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Rep. Kathy Sykes [D]

2017-02-10 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 121 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-07 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 92 N: 29 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-02-21	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2017-02-14	House	Transmitted To Senate
2017-02-10	House	Passed As Amended
2017-02-10	House	Amended
2017-02-10	House	Reconsidered
2017-02-07	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Beckett, Turner, Foster)
2017-02-07	House	Passed As Amended
2017-02-07	House	Amended
2017-01-25	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1127.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1127IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1127PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/ham/HB1127_H_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/ham/HB1127_H_Amend_02.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0360027.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0390004.pdf