Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2079
Elections; holder of an elective office may not run for another office during his term of office.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A PERSON WHO HOLDS ELECTIVE OFFICE IN THIS STATE FROM BEING A CANDIDATE FOR ANY OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICE DURING THE TERM FOR WHICH HE WAS ELECTED UNLESS THE DATE OF THE ELECTION FOR THE OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICE IS THE DATE OF THE ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE HE HOLDS, OR HE RESIGNS FROM THE ELECTIVE OFFICE THAT HE HOLDS PRIOR TO QUALIFYING AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-299, 23-15-309 AND 23-15-359, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 14 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days
ElectionsJan 14 to Feb 19 · stopped36 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.