Mississippi Senate Bill 2297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish A Mississippi Department Of Labor; To Set Forth And Prescribe The Functions Of Administrative Offices Within The Department; To Provide For The Appointment Of The Commissioner Of Labor By The Governor; To Amend Section 71-5-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Duties, Powers And Funds Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, Office Of The Governor, Shall Be Transferred To The Office Of Employment Security In The Mississippi Department Of Labor; To Empower The Department Of Labor To Administer And Coordinate Certain Federal And State-funded Job Training And Employment-related Education Programs; To Amend Sections 7-1-351, 7-1-355, 7-1-357, 7-1-361, 7-1-363 And 7-1-365, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Prescribe The Responsibilities Of The Office Of Industry Service And Industry Start-up Training, The Office Of Employee Relations And Job Discrimination, And The Office Of Disabled Employee Assistance Within The Department; To Repeal Section 71-5-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Appointment Of A Director For The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Department of Labor and Commissioner of Labor; establish.

Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-02-04	Senate	DR - TSDP: LA To AP
2013-01-21	Senate	Referred To Labor;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2297.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2297IN.htm