Mississippi House Bill 685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 27 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-27 - Died In Conference
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 89-1-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Person Conveys An Interest In Property To Two Individuals Who Are Married To Each Other, And Such Property Is The Primary Residence Of That Married Couple, The Deed Conveying Such Interest Shall Create A Rebuttable Presumption That The Property Is The Primary Residence Of The Married Individuals; To Provide That The Property Interest Is Considered To Be Joint Tenancy With A Right Of Survivorship, Unless There Are Specific Provisions Provided For In The Deed To The Contrary And For Related Purposes.

Deeds to married couples; create a rebuttable presumption of joint tenancy with rights of survivorship.

Rep. Thomas Reynolds [D]

2023-03-06 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 49 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 116 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-27	House	Died In Conference
2023-03-22	Senate	Conferees Named Wiggins,McCaughn,Branning
2023-03-21	House	Conferees Named Cockerham,Reynolds,Brown (20th)
2023-03-14	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2023-03-07	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2023-03-06	Senate	Passed As Amended
2023-03-06	Senate	Amended
2023-02-23	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-02-13	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2023-02-08	House	Transmitted To Senate
2023-02-06	House	Passed As Amended
2023-02-06	House	Amended
2023-01-25	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
89	1	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0685.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0685IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0685PS.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/ham/HB0685_H_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/sam/HB0685_S_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/house/0350020.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/senate/0630013.pdf