Legislative Update: Feb. 1 Deadline
Feb. 1 was the deadline to pass general bills and constitutional resolutions out of committee in the chamber where they originated.
The death of a bill on Tuesday’s key deadline day does not necessarily mean the issue addressed in the bill is dead for the session. There may be another bill alive that could be amended to add an issue that was in a bill that died on the deadline day.
Bills that increase or reduce revenue and bills that make appropriations to state agencies were not impacted by Tuesday’s deadline.
Below is a list of key bills affecting or related to real property or land title that either made or missed the Feb. 1 deadline.
Real Property or Land Title Related Bills that are still alive as of Feb. 1
| Bill | Title | Sponsor |
| SB 2004 | Public lands; extend repealer on section prescribing who may purchase. | Angela Turner-Ford |
| SB 2034 | Intestacy; revise provisions for venue. | Tyler McCaughn |
| SB 2326 | Mississippi Insurance E-Commerce Act; create. | J. Walter Michel |
| SB 2461 | Landlord-tenant law; revise provisions of to create procedures and protection for evictions. | Brice Wiggins |
| SB 2465 | Construction liens; failure to file notice shall not invalidate claim of lien. | Tyler McCaughn |
| SB 2472 | Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment. | Dennis DeBar, Jr. |
| HB 975 | Eminent domain; prohibit property from being transferred after acquisition. | Nick Bain |
| HB 372 | Sixteenth section land; authorize leasing of certain classified land to cities/counties for less than 5% of market value. | Manly Barton |
| HB 379 | Property interest; conveyance to married individuals considered to create joint tenancy with right of survivorship. | Thomas U. Reynolds |
| HB 688 | Public lands; extend repealer on statute prohibiting corporations and nonresident aliens from purchasing. | Rob Roberson |
| HB 933 | Homeowners’ associations; regulate managing agents of and provide certain requirements for. | Lee Yancey |
| HB 972 | Bottom land leasing for oyster production; create a pilot program for. | Timmy Ladner |
| HB 1061 | Residential Landlord Tenant Act; revise evictions procedures of the. | Nick Bain |
| HB 1069 | Liens for delinquent county garbage fees; require chancery to keep certain record of. | Clay Deweese |
| HB 1105 | Notaries; revise residency requirements of. | Shane Aguirre |
| HB 256 | Manufactured and mobile homes; require certain notice to tax collector when relocated to another county. | Ken Morgan |
| HB 274 | Economically Distressed Municipalities Development Act; create. | Omeria Scott |
Real Property or Land Title Related Bills that died on Feb. 1
| Bill | Title | Sponsor |
| SB 2618 | Mississippi Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; enact. | Derrick T. Simmons |
| SB 2621 | Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment. | Melanie Sojourner |
| SB 2622 | Remote Online Notarization Act; enact. | Jeremy England |
| SB 2642 | Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment. | Joseph M. Seymour |
| HB 978 | Eminent domain; property acquired by prohibited from being transferred for ten years, with certain exceptions. | Lee Yancey |
| SB 2013 | Practice of surveying; exclude certain activities from the definition of. | Angela Burks Hill |
| SB 2030 | Cleaning private property; revise county procedures used to clean property adjudicated a menace to public health and safety. | Kevin Blackwell |
| SB 2035 | Notaries public; revise maximum fee and residency requirements. | Tyler McCaughn |
| SB 2040 | Railroad right-of-way; unlawful to enter and remain upon without the permission of the owner or operator. | Robert L. Jackson |
| SB 2308 | Landlord-tenant law; revise. | Derrick T. Simmons |
| SB 2320 | Statewide county court system; create. | Brice Wiggins |
| SB 2471 | Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment. | Jeremy England |
| HB 401 | Mineral interests; owner of nonproducing interest held separately from surface estate will be liable for portion of ad valorem taxes on land. | Donnie Bell |
| HB 486 | Adverse possession cases; require losing party to pay court costs and attorney’s fees. | Randy P. Boyd |
| HB 500 | Mineral interest; revise procedure for payment of taxes. | Randy P. Boyd |
| HB 501 | Mineral interests; revert to surface owner after certain period of time. | Randy P. Boyd |
| HB 721 | Mineral estates; revert to surface estate owner after ten-year period of nonproduction. | Donnie Bell |
| HB 835 | Residential Landlord-Tenant Act; revise evictions procedures of the. | Angela Cockerham |
| HB 856 | Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use. | Kabir Karriem |
| HB 886 | Property liens; require that lis pendens notice of shall be filed within 30 days after the commencement of the action. | Henry B. Zuber III |
| HB 943 | Lease agreements; authorize for persons under 21 to enter binding contracts for. | Bill Kinkade |
| HB 973 | Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time. | Bob Evans |
| HB 1053 | Tax sales; require conveyances of land to be subject to recorded easements. | Noah Sanford |
| HB 1140 | Land sold for taxes; require chancery clerk to immediately execute deed of conveyance to purchaser. | Alyce G. Clarke |
| HB 12 | Adverse possession; require possessor to notify chancery clerk before title vests. | Randy Rushing |
| HB 1200 | Sale of property; require notice to any junior mortgagor for. | Noah Sanford |
| HB 126 | Landlord-tenant; authorize tenant who is survivor of domestic abuse to break lease without penalty. | Daryl Porter |
| HB 1285 | Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use. | Earle S. Banks |
| HB 1303 | Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds. | Earle S. Banks |
| HB 1322 | Remote Online Notarization Act; to create to provide for certain use of with restrictions. | Lester Carpenter |
| HB 1351 | Affidavit of Scrivener’s Error; revise recording of. | Jansen Owen |
| HB 293 | Mississippi Fair Housing Act; create. | Omeria Scott |
Did we miss a bill? Let us know! Email Kenneth Farmer.