l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 285

County school board members; require to declare party affiliation and be elected by a majority vote.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DECLARE THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH THEY ARE AFFILIATED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE ELECTED; TO REQUIRE A RUN-OFF ELECTION IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF VOTES; 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 House of Representatives

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

EducationJan 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

  1. Jan 4Referred to the House committees on Education and on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 4Referred To Education;Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives