l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2268

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

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

David Jordan

Its course

January 10 to March 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 10 to Feb 829 days

ElectionsJan 10 to Jan 3121 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 1 · stopped21 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 14 to Mar 1 · stopped15 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 10 – Feb 8

  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 9 – Mar 1

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