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2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2337

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 2, 2010. The 2010 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 11 to March 2, 2010, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 11 to Feb 1030 days

ElectionsJan 11 to Jan 2817 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 2 · stopped20 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 16 to Mar 2 · stopped14 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 11 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 11Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 10Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 11 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 11Sent to the House
  2. Feb 16Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Mar 2Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 10PassedSenate
  4. Feb 11Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 16Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives