MS HB608 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 31 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-03-31 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Amend Sections 73-13-1, 73-13-3, 73-13-5, 73-13-7, 73-13-9, 73-13-11, 73-13-13, 73-13-15, 73-13-17, 73-13-19, 73-13-21, 73-13-23, 73-13-25, 73-13-27, 73-13-29, 73-13-31, 73-13-33, 73-13-35, 73-13-37, 73-13-39, 73-13-41, 73-13-43, And 73-13-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Licensure Provisions For Engineers To Include Licensure For Land Surveyors; To Include Definitions Related To Surveying; To Provide The Members Of The Board Of Licensure For Professional Engineers And Surveyors; To Provide The Terms Of Office For The Newly Constituted Board Shall Be Six Years; To Revise The Qualifications Of The Board Members; To Provide That Members Of The Board Shall Hold Four Quarterly Meetings Each Year, And Failure To Attend Two Consecutive Quarterly Meetings May Result In Removal From The Board; To Increase The Application Fees, The Renewal Fees And Certificate Of Authority Fees For Licensure As A Professional Engineer Or Professional Surveyor; To Provide That A Sole Proprietorship, Owned And Operated By A Licensee, And A Professional Association Of Licensed Professional Engineers Or Licensed Professional Surveyors Shall Not Be Required To Obtain A Certificate Of Authority; To Create New Section 73-13-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Surveyor May Enter In Or Upon Certain Lands Without Criminal Liability For Trespass; To Provide Limited Civil Liability For The Surveyor; To Create New Section 73-13-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Applicability Of The Sections Related To Licensure Of Professional Engineers And Professional Surveyors And That Certain Activities Shall Not Be Prevented Or Affected As A Result Of Those Sections; To Repeal Sections 73-13-71 Through 73-13-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Licensure Of Land Surveyors; To Amend Sections 19-27-1, 73-63-5, 85-7-401, 97-17-85, 97-17-93 And 97-17-97, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Licensure of land surveyors; merge into licensure of engineers.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2025-03-11 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 112 N: 2 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2025-03-31HouseDied In Conference
2025-03-20SenateConferees Named Polk,Johnson,Whaley
2025-03-19HouseConferees Named Hood,Boyd (19th),Yancey
2025-03-19HouseDecline to Concur/Invite Conf
2025-03-13SenateReturned For Concurrence
2025-03-11SenatePassed As Amended
2025-03-11SenateAmended
2025-03-03SenateTitle Suff Do Pass As Amended
2025-03-03SenateDR - TSDPAA: BF To GS
2025-02-18SenateReferred To Business and Financial Institutions;Government Structure
2025-02-17HouseTransmitted To Senate
2025-02-13HousePassed As Amended
2025-02-13HouseAmended
2025-02-13HouseCommittee Substitute Adopted
2025-02-12HouseRead the Third Time
2025-02-04HouseTitle Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2025-01-15HouseReferred To Judiciary A

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
19271Amended CodeSee Bill Text
73131Amended CodeSee Bill Text
7313103Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
7313105Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731311Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731313Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731315Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731317Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731319Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731321Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731323Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731325Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731327Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731329Amended CodeSee Bill Text
73133Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731331Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731333Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731335Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731337Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731339Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731341Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731343Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731345Amended CodeSee Bill Text
73135Amended CodeSee Bill Text
73137Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731371Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731373Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731375Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731377Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731379Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731381Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731383Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731385Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731387Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731389Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
73139Amended CodeSee Bill Text
731393Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731395Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
731397Repealed CodeSee Bill Text
73635Amended CodeSee Bill Text
857401Amended CodeSee Bill Text
971785Amended CodeSee Bill Text
971793Amended CodeSee Bill Text
971797Amended CodeSee Bill Text

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