2011 Regular Session

House Bill 233

Voter identification; require before voting in person or by absentee.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ELECTORS TO PRESENT CURRENT, VALID GOVERNMENT-ISSUED PHOTO IDENTIFICATION FOR WHICH PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED BEFORE VOTING IN PERSON OR BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY ELECTOR WITHOUT VALID IDENTIFICATION MAY CAST AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT AND PROVIDE IDENTIFICATION NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS AFTER CASTING SUCH BALLOT; TO PROVIDE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-631, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE AN ELECTOR TO ENCLOSE CURRENT, VALID IDENTIFICATION FOR WHICH PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED WITH THE ABSENTEE BALLOT BEFORE SEALING THE ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-11, 23-15-541, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-719 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 4 to February 1, 2011, 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 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 4 to Feb 1 · stopped28 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 4 – Feb 1

Jan 4Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
Feb 1Died in committee in the House

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 4Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives