l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 912

School boards; require all elected members to be elected by majority vote.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-5-9, 37-7-203 AND 37-7-711, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL AND SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS EMBRACING AN ENTIRE COUNTY TO BE ELECTED BY A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN AN ELECTION AND TO REQUIRE A RUNOFF ELECTION IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES; 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 House of Representatives

8 co-sponsors

Omeria Scott, Edward Blackmon, Jr., Chuck Espy, George Flaggs, Jr., Frances Fredericks, David W. Myers, Steven Palazzo, Henry Zuber III

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2009, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committees on Education and on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Education;Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives