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2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2482

Absentee ballots; require application of temporarily disabled to be accompanied by a statement from a doctor or nurse.

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 23-15-629, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT OF A PERSON WHO IS TEMPORARILY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STATEMENT SIGNED BY A PHYSICIAN OR NURSE PRACTITIONER INDICATING THAT THE PERSON APPLYING FOR THE ABSENTEE BALLOT IS TEMPORARILY PHYSICALLY DISABLED TO SUCH A DEGREE THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO VOTE IN PERSON OR HIS ATTENDANCE AT THE VOTING PLACE COULD REASONABLY CAUSE DANGER TO HIMSELF OR OTHERS; 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

January 12 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 7 days

In the SenateJan 12 to Jan 2210 days

ElectionsJan 12 to Jan 142 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 22 to Mar 3 · stopped40 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 9 to Mar 3 · stopped22 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 Senate Jan 12 – Jan 22

  1. Jan 12Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 14Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Jan 22Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Jan 22 – Mar 3

  1. Jan 22Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 4Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Feb 5Sent to the House
  4. Feb 9Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  5. Mar 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 12Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 14Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Jan 22PassedSenate
  4. Jan 22Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  5. Feb 4Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  6. Feb 5Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 9Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives