l9n/ Mississippi

2008 First Extraordinary Session

Senate Bill 2004

Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on August 4, 2008. The 2008 First Extraordinary Session has ended.

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 AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF MISSISSIPPI VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO CERTAIN REGISTERED VOTERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FORM OF SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARDS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11, 23-15-541 AND 23-15-719, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-627, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE AGENTS OF THE ELECTOR FROM THE LIST OF PERSONS WHO MAY ORALLY REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT ON BEHALF OF THE ELECTOR; 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

Its course

May 21 to August 4, 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 action10 actions on 4 days

In the SenateMay 21 to May 221 day

ElectionsMay 21 to May 210 days

In the House of RepresentativesMay 22 to Aug 4 · stopped74 days

Apportionment and ElectionsMay 27 to Aug 4 · stopped69 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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.

In the Senate May 21 – May 22

  1. May 21Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. May 22Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amendment failed in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives May 27 – Aug 4

  1. May 27Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  5. Aug 4Died in committee in the House
All 10 actions, as published
  1. May 21Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. May 21Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. May 22Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. May 22Amendment FailedSenate
  5. May 22PassedSenate
  6. May 27Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. May 27Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  8. May 27Transmitted To HouseSenate
  9. May 27Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  10. Aug 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives