Mississippi Senate Bill 2621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-05 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 63-3-1007, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make It Clear That Vehicles Approaching A Railroad Grade Crossing Must Stop Upon The Approach Of On-track Equipment, Including, But Not Limited To, Hi-rail Vehicles And On-track Maintenance Equipment; To Amend Section 63-3-1013, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make It Clear That Certain Equipment Must Stop At Railroad Grade Crossings Upon The Approach Of On-track Equipment, Including, But Not Limited To, Hi-rail Vehicles And On-track Maintenance Equipment; And For Related Purposes.

Rail crossings; clarify that vehicles approaching a crossing must stop for on-track equipment.

Sen. Willie Simmons [D]	Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Juan Barnett [D]
Sen. Sampson Jackson [D]	Sen. David Jordan [D]	Sen. Albert Butler [D]

2018-02-22 - House - House Passed (Y: 117 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-31 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-05		Approved by Governor
2018-02-27	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2018-02-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2018-02-23	House	Returned For Enrolling
2018-02-22	House	Passed
2018-02-21	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2018-02-19	House	Referred To Transportation
2018-02-01	Senate	Transmitted To House
2018-01-31	Senate	Passed
2018-01-29	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Highways and Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2621.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2621IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2621PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2621SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/senate/0300032.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/votes/house/0520019.pdf