Mississippi House Bill 475 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Public Transparency Of Emails And Calendars Act To Require Any Emails Or Calendars Regarding Any Legislation Or The Carrying Out Of Any Official Duties Of The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President Of The Senate, Speaker Of The House Of Representatives, Speaker Pro Tempore Of The House Of Representatives, And All Of Their Staff, To Be Preserved And Made Available To The Public For A Period Of Not Less Than Ten Years; To Amend Section 25-61-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Definition Of "public Records" Under The Mississippi Public Records Act To Include The Records That Are Subject To This Act; To Amend Section 25-61-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Legislature Shall Not Be Exempt From The Public Records Act For The Records That Are Subject To This Act; And For Related Purposes.

The Public Transparency of Emails and Calendars Act; create.

Rep. Jay Hughes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-09	House	Referred To Rules;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0475.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0475IN.htm