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 2196
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PERSONS WHO APPEAR TO VOTE IN PERSON AT A POLLING PLACE OR THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES BY PRESENTING CERTAIN TYPES OF IDENTIFICATION TO AN ELECTION MANAGER OR THE REGISTRAR BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A MISSISSIPPI VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD FREE OF CHARGE TO QUALIFIED ELECTORS WHO DO NOT HAVE A VALID MISSISSIPPI DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH CARD SHALL BE VALID ONLY AS IDENTIFICATION FOR VOTING PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-631 AND 23-15-639, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTION TO ENSURE THAT THE IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT OF 2002 ARE MET IN REGARD TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11, 23-15-541 AND 23-15-719, 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
21 co-sponsors
Billy Hewes, Walter Michel, T. O. Moffatt, Tommy A. Gollott, Alan Nunnelee, Doug E. Davis, Dean Kirby, Mettetal, Michael Watson, Chris McDaniel, Lee Yancey, Videt Carmichael, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Joey Fillingane, Sidney Albritton, Billy Hudson, Nickey Browning, Perry Lee, Terry C. Burton, Giles Ward
Its course
January 17 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 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days
ElectionsJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 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.