Mississippi Senate Bill 2480 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 11 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-11 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 49-1-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Executive Director Of The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks, With Commission Approval, The Authority To Require The Chronic Wasting Disease (cwd) Testing Of White-tailed Deer Harvested Within Any Enclosure; To Amend Section 49-7-58.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks The Authority To Require The Cwd Testing Of White-tailed Deer Harvested Within Any Enclosure; To Amend Section 49-7-58.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Repeal Section 49-7-58.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires The Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Of White-tailed Deer Harvested Within Any Enclosure And Provides Penalties For Violations; And For Related Purposes.

CWD; make testing of white-tailed deer harvested in enclosures discretionary with WF&P Department and Commission.

Sen. Neil Whaley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-11	Senate	Died On Calendar
2021-02-02	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
49	1	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text
49	7	58	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2480.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2480IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2480CS.htm