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MS HB1243

Bill

Status

Failed

2/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

Chris Brown

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act" to ensure uniform nondiscrimination laws across Mississippi by preventing local variations that could fragment intrastate commerce.

  • Prohibits counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions from adopting or enforcing local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules, or policies that create protected classifications not contained in state law.

  • Exempts internal employment rules or policies that apply only to employees of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision from the prohibition.

  • Voids any local law, ordinance, resolution, rule, or policy adopted before the act's effective date that violates the prohibition, except for employee-specific policies.

  • Takes effect upon passage and includes severability language protecting remaining provisions if any portion is declared invalid.

Legislative Description

Intrastate Commerce Improvement Act; create.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Judiciary A1/19/2015

Full Bill Text

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