l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

House Bill 951

Voter ID; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 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 VALID IDENTIFICATION TO AN ELECTION MANAGER OR THE REGISTRAR BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE; 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 House of Representatives

52 co-sponsors

Mark Formby, Noal Akins, Brian Aldridge, Mark Baker, Larry Baker, Toby Barker, Charles Jim Beckett, Richard Bennett, Sidney Bondurant, C. Scott Bounds, Larry Byrd, Tad Campbell, Lester Carpenter, Becky Currie, Bill Denny, Jim Ellington, Harvey Fillingane, Herb Frierson, Andy Gipson, Jeffrey S. Guice, Philip Gunn, Frank Hamilton, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, Stephen A. Horne, Bobby B. Howell, Mac Huddleston, Roger Ishee, Michael W. Janus, Wanda Jennings, Rita Martinson, W. T. Mayhall, Jr., Kevin McGee, Sam C. Mims, V, Alex Monsour, John L. Moore, Ken Morgan, Billy Nicholson, Steven Palazzo, Bill Pigott, John Read, Dannie Reed, Margaret Rogers, Ray Rogers, Bobby Shows, Jeffrey C. Smith, Greg Snowden, Gary V. Staples, Mary Ann Stevens, Jerry R. Turner, Jessica Upshaw, Tom Weathersby, 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

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