Mississippi House Bill 1066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 14 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-14 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Whistleblower Reward Act; To Provide For Definitions; To Provide That When A Whistleblower Provides Original Information And Substantial Evidence Of The Theft Or Misuse Of Government Funds Or Property To The Department, And That Evidence Leads To The Successful Recovery Of Funds By The Department, Then The State Of Mississippi, Through The Department Of Audit, Shall Pay Such Whistleblower Fifteen Percent Of The Proceeds Of The Recovery; To Provide How The Potential Reward Shall Be Recovered; To Provide That Additionally, The Cost Incurred By The Department With Any Vendor Whose Services Were Deemed Necessary By The Department To Fully Investigate Shall Also Be Recovered; To Provide That The Identity Of The Whistleblower Shall Remain Confidential Except In Certain Situations; To Provide That Communications Between The Department Of Audit And The Whistleblower Shall Be Exempt From The Mississippi Public Records Act; To Amend Section 25-61-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

MS Whistleblower Reward Act; create.

Rep. Kevin Ford [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-14	House	Died On Calendar
2024-02-29	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2024-02-08	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
25	61	12	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1066.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1066IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1066CS.htm