Mississippi Senate Bill 2553 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Passed on July 1 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-01 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "uniform Partition Of Heir Property Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide For Applicability And Relation To Other Law; To Establish The Procedures To Be Followed By The Courts In Partitioning Real Property That Is Determined To Be Heir Property; To Require A Plaintiff In A Partition Action Involving Heir Property To Post Notice Of The Action On The Property; To Prescribe The Manner By Which The Fair Market Value Of Heir Property Must Be Determined; To Authorize Cotenants To Buy The Interest Of Another Cotenant That Has Requested A Partition By Sale; To Authorize Alternatives To Partition In Kind That Will Result In Manifest Prejudice; To Establish Procedures For The Sale Of Heir Property; To Amend Section 11-21-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.

Sen. Barbara Blackmon [D]	Sen. David Blount [D]	Sen. David Jordan [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]
Sen. Angela Turner-Ford [D]	Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]	Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]	Sen. John Horhn [D]
Sen. Sampson Jackson [D]	Sen. Tammy Witherspoon [D]	Sen. Willie Simmons [D]

2020-06-22 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 51 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-06-12 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 108 N: 0 NV: 12 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-12 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 45 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-01		Approved by Governor
2020-06-25	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-25	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2020-06-22	Senate	Concurred in Amend From House
2020-06-16	House	Returned For Concurrence
2020-06-12	House	Passed As Amended
2020-06-12	House	Amended
2020-06-04	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2020-03-25	House	Referred To Judiciary A
2020-03-16	Senate	Transmitted To House
2020-03-12	Senate	Passed As Amended
2020-03-12	Senate	Amended
2020-03-03	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2553.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2553SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/sam/SB2553_S_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/SB2553_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/0660032.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1580004.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/1680003.pdf