Mississippi Senate Bill 2868 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 9-19-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Meetings Of The Commission On Judicial Performance Are Open Meetings And That Records Of The Commission On Judicial Performance Are Open Records; To Amend Section 9-19-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That A Transcript Of Proceedings Before The Commission On Judicial Performance Be Prepared And That The Transcript Is A Record Subject To The Open Records Act; To Repeal Section 9-19-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Secrecy Of Proceedings Before The Commission On Judicial Performance; And For Related Purposes.

Judicial Performance Commission meetings to come under Open Meetings Law; require.

Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2868.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2868IN.htm