Mississippi Senate Bill 2249 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Failed on March 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-03-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Require Adult Applicants For Public Benefits In Mississippi To Verify United States Citizenship Or Lawful Residence In Order To Be Eligible; To Provide Procedures And Exceptions For Such Verification; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Willful Violations Of Lawful Presence Requirements; To Amend Sections 43-13-115, 43-17-1, 43-17-5, 71-5-511 And 43-33-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Specifically Require The Division Of Medicaid, The Department Of Human Services, The Office Of Employment Security And The Mississippi Housing Authorities To Require Applicants Of Public Assistance Programs To Verify Lawful Presence As Required Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship to qualify.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Sen. Gary Jackson [R]

2011-02-10 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 42 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-03-01		Died In Committee
2011-02-14		Referred To Judiciary B
2011-02-11		Transmitted To House
2011-02-10		Passed
2011-02-01		Title Suff Do Pass
2011-01-10		Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/SB/SB2249.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2249IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2249PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/votes/senate/0380027.pdf