Mississippi House Bill 1223 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The "proof Of Citizenship For Receipt Of Public Benefits Act"; To Require Persons Who Apply Directly To A State Or Local Agency For Public Benefits To Provide Certain Forms Of Identification To The Agency And To Execute An Affidavit Stating That The Person Is A United States Citizen Or Legal Permanent Resident Or Is Otherwise Lawfully Present In The United States Under Federal Law; To Provide For Certain Exceptions To Those Requirements; To Require Agencies That Administer Public Benefits To Verify, Through The Systematic Alien Verification Of Entitlement (save) Program Operated By The Department Of Homeland Security, That Each Noncitizen Applicant Who Has Executed An Affidavit Is An Alien Legally Present In The United States; To Provide For A Criminal Penalty For Directly Applying To An Agency For Public Benefits In Violation Of The Requirements Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Public benefits; require applicants for to provide certain ID and execute affidavit of lawful presence in U.S.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Randy Boyd [R]

Rep. Mark Formby [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1223.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1223IN.htm