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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2266

Election commissioners; require candidates for to qualify not later than the first Monday in June.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on March 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONER OF ELECTION SHALL QUALIFY NOT LATER THAN THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE IN WHICH THE ELECTION OCCURS; TO REVISE THE DATE UPON WHICH RUNOFF ELECTIONS FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF ELECTION OCCUR; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-217, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A COMMISSIONER OF ELECTION OF A COUNTY MAY SEEK ANOTHER OFFICE DURING HIS FOUR-YEAR TERM AS ELECTION COMMISSIONER IF HE RESIGNS FROM THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER PRIOR TO QUALIFYING FOR THE OFFICE HE DESIRES TO SEEK; 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

1 co-sponsor

Haskins Montgomery

Its course

January 6 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 6 to Jan 2115 days

ElectionsJan 6 to Jan 148 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Mar 3 · stopped41 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 26 to Mar 3 · stopped36 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 21

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 Jan 6 – Jan 21

  1. Jan 6Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 14Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Jan 21Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Jan 22 – Mar 3

  1. Jan 22Sent to the House
  2. Jan 26Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 6Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 14Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Jan 21Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Jan 21AmendedSenate
  5. Jan 21Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Jan 22Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Jan 26Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives