Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 10, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2054
Ballots; allow nicknames and require names to be listed alphabetically on the general election ballot.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-333, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW NICKNAMES TO BE PLACED ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TITLES WITH NAMES ON THE BALLOT AND NICKNAMES THAT PROMOTE A POLITICAL IDEAL; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-367, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT FOR EACH OFFICE SHALL BE ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY; TO ALLOW NICKNAMES TO BE PLACE ON THE BALLOT AND TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF TITLES WITH NAMES ON THE BALLOT THAT PROMOTE A POLITICAL IDEAL; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 4 to February 10, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 4 to Feb 10 · stopped37 days
ElectionsJan 4 to Jan 3127 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 4 – Feb 10
- Jan 4Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
- Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 10Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 4Referred To ElectionsSenate
- Jan 31Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 10Died On CalendarSenate