Mississippi 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

SB 2720 — Haul Seine net; prohibit use of for taking of certain fish within one-half mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.

Last action — Approved by Governor

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2020. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 13 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent changes to Bill SB 2720 clarify that the use of haul seine nets is prohibited for fishing within one-half mile of Cat Island's shoreline, which is a shift from the previous language that referred to a one-half nautical mile. Additionally, the updated bill specifies that only haul seine nets are banned, while also providing exemptions for certain other types of nets like cast nets and hand seines. This is significant because it aims to better protect the local marine environment by restricting specific fishing methods that could harm fish populations close to shore.

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SB2720 (As Passed the Senate) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
SB2720 (As Sent to Governor) - 2020 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Thompson, Moran, DeLano Senate Bill 2720 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-78, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CERTAIN NETS FOR THE TAKING OF FISH IN MARINE WATERS WITHIN ONE-HALF NAUTICAL MILE OF THE SHORELINE OF CAT ISLAND;
Senator(s) Thompson, Moran, DeLano Senate Bill 2720 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-78, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF A HAUL SEINE NET FOR THE TAKING OF FISH IN MARINE WATERS WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE OF THE SHORELINE OF CAT ISLAND;
     49-15-78.  (1)  (a)  It is unlawful for a person to use a gill net, trammel net, entanglement net, or like contrivances for the taking of * * * fish finfish in marine waters within one-half (1/2) nautical mile of the shoreline.
     49-15-78.  (1)  (a)  It is unlawful for a person to use a gill net, trammel net, entanglement net, or like contrivances for the taking of * * * fish finfish in marine waters within one-half (1/2) mile of the shoreline.
          (b)  It is unlawful for a person to use a gill net, trammel net, entanglement net or any other like contrivances for the taking of finfish in marine waters within one-half (1/2) nautical mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.
          (b)  For the purposes of this section, the phrase "like contrivances" means any net that is similar in form, function, purpose or use to a gill net, trammel net or entanglement net.
          (c)  For the purposes of this section, the phrase "like contrivances" means any net that is similar in form, function, purpose or use to a gill net, trammel net or entanglement net, including haul seines.
          (c)  It is unlawful for a person to use a haul seine net for the taking of fish in marine waters within one-half (1/2) mile of the shoreline of Cat Island.
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Amendments

2 amendments

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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Concurred in Amend From House

  5. Returned For Concurrence

  6. Passed As Amended

  7. Amended

  8. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  9. Referred To Marine Resources

  10. Transmitted To House

  11. Passed

  12. Committee Substitute Adopted

  13. Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub

  14. Referred To Ports and Marine Resources

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 172 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (172)

172 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence in Amendment From House

Passed 52 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21000
Republican 25000
Democrat 6000
Total 52000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Branning — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Doty — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Jordan — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Sojourner — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 114 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37300
Republican 52101
Democrat 23100
Independent 2000
Total 114501
% of votes cast 95%4%0%1%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Anderson (122nd) — Yea
Anderson (110th) — Yea
Bain — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Busby — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Lancaster — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Miles — Yea
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Darnell — Yea
Ford (73rd) — Yea
Ford (54th) — Yea
Huddleston — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Goodin — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Bomgar — Nay
Criswell — Nay
Walker — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Williamson — Yea
Young — Yea
Hopkins — Nay
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Nay
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Daryl Porter Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Hester Jackson McCray Democrat Yea
Jeffery Harness Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Otis Anthony Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Ronnie C. Crudup Democrat Yea
Solomon C. Osborne Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Tracey T. Rosebud Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Zakiya Summers Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Shanda Yates Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Billy Adam Calvert Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Clay Deweese Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Nay
Dana McLean Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Gene Newman Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jansen Owen Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jay McKnight Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Not Voting
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kent McCarty Republican Yea
Kevin Felsher Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lee Yancey Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Price Wallace Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Sam Creekmore IV Republican Yea
Shane Aguirre Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 50 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21000
Republican 23200
Democrat 6000
Total 50200
% of votes cast 96%4%0%0%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Branning — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Doty — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Jordan — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Parker — Yea
Polk — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons S. (13th) — Yea
Sojourner — Yea
Thompson — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Benjamin Suber Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Daniel H. Sparks Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Nay
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Jeff Tate Republican Yea
Jeremy England Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Nay
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Michael McLendon Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Tyler McCaughn Republican Yea

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Who sponsors SB 2720?
SB 2720 is sponsored by Moran, Scott DeLano (Republican), and Mike Thompson (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 17, 2020. Enacted.
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