Mississippi Senate Bill 2344

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 37-125-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Jackson State University Shall Construct A Six Hundred Room Student Housing Project For All Eligible Students; To Provide That Students May Be Housed In Such Housing Project On A First-come, First-served Basis Or By Any Other Legal Procedure Established By Jackson State University; To Provide That The Project Shall Not Be Exempt From Any Contracting, Bidding Or Other Restrictions Currently Existing In Statute Or Any Rule Or Regulation Adopted By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Pertaining To Such Construction; And For Related Purposes.

Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.

Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]	Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]	Sen. Willie Simmons [D]	Sen. David Blount [D]
Sen. Albert Butler [D]	Sen. David Jordan [D]	Sen. Rod Hickman [D]	Sen. Reginald Jackson [D]
Sen. John Horhn [D]	Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]	Sen. Joseph Thomas [D]	Sen. Gary Brumfield [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-02-08	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges;Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2344.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2344IN.htm