Mississippi House Bill 1208 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Failed on June 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-06-09 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize And Legalize The Cultivation, Processing And Transportation Of Hemp; To Define Certain Terms; To Develop A State Plan To Monitor And Regulate The Cultivation, Transportation And Processing Of Hemp In This State And Comply With All Federal Laws And United States Department Of Agriculture Plans; To Require The Licensing And/or Registration Of Hemp Growers And Processors By The Mississippi Department Of Agriculture And Commerce; To Require Record Keeping And Inspections; To Provide For Fees For Licensing And/or Registration Process; To Provide For The Revocation Of Licenses And/or Registration And Imposition Of Civil Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Require Persons Growing Or Processing Hemp To Give Bond To The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce As A Condition Of Licensure; To Authorize The Commissioner To Establish The Amount Of The Bond, And To Promulgate Any Rules And Regulations For The Issuance Of Such Bonds And In Compliance With Any Federal Law Or Regulation; To Amend Sections 69-25-51, 41-29-113, 41-29-105 And 41-29-136, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

"Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act"; enact to provide for regulation of hemp.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]	Rep. Orlando Paden [D]	Rep. Abe Hudson [D]	Rep. Kabir Karriem [D]
Rep. Tracey Rosebud [D]	Rep. Carl Mickens [D]

2020-03-04 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 105 N: 9 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-09	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-05-12	Senate	Referred To Agriculture;Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
2020-03-09	House	Transmitted To Senate
2020-03-06	House	Motion to Reconsider Tabled
2020-03-05	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Ford (73rd), Pigott, Mangold)
2020-03-04	House	Passed As Amended
2020-03-04	House	Amended
2020-03-04	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2020-02-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2020-02-26	House	DR - TSDPCS: DP To AG
2020-02-25	House	DR - TSDPCS: AG To DP
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Agriculture;Drug Policy

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HB/HB1208.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1208IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1208CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1208PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HB1208_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HB1208_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_02.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/HB1208_H_(Cmte_Sub)_Amend_03.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/0580055.pdf