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2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2802

Municipal elections; require election managers to be qualified electors of the municipality.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Municipalities 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 23-15-231, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS WHO SERVE AS MANAGERS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SHALL BE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED; 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

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

January 18 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 18 to Feb 1023 days

ElectionsJan 18 to Jan 2810 days

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

MunicipalitiesFeb 17 to Mar 2 · stopped13 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 18 – Feb 10

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

In the House of Representatives Feb 11 – Mar 2

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on Municipalities and on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published