l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 487

Election courts; create with three-judge panel.

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 CREATE A NEW SECTION 23-15-919, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A THREE-JUDGE PANEL TO REVIEW ELECTION CONTESTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-921 AND 23-15-923, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME PERIOD ALLOWED TO FILE ELECTION CONTESTS; TO CREATE PROCEDURES FOR PARTIES AGGRIEVED BY THE ACTION OR INACTION OF AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-931, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ELECTION COURT TO HEAR ELECTIONS CONTESTS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-933, 23-15-937, 23-15-939, 23-15-951 AND 23-15-913, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-935, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES A JUDGE TO COMPEL THE ATTENDANCE OF THE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION 23-15-920, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AN AGGRIEVED PARTY OF THE ELECTION COURT TO FILE AN APPEAL WITH THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-927, 23-15-929 AND 23-15-953, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILING AND HEARING AN ELECTION CONTEST; 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 10 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 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 10 to Feb 1 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives