l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2490

Judicial elections; provide procedure to be followed when the only candidate for a judicial office dies, resigns or is disqualified.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 28, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-977, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN THE EVENT ONLY ONE PERSON HAS QUALIFIED AS A CANDIDATE FOR A JUDICIAL OFFICE AND THAT PERSON DIES, RESIGNS OR IS OTHERWISE DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING THAT OFFICE PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-365, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

2 co-sponsors

Billy Hudson, Haskins Montgomery

Its course

January 13 to March 28, 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 action12 actions on 10 days

In the SenateJan 13 to Feb 826 days

ElectionsJan 13 to Jan 3118 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 222 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 14 to Feb 2410 days

Back in the SenateMar 2 to Mar 28 · stopped26 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 2

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 13 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 13Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 8Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 10Sent to the House
  2. Feb 14Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Feb 24Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 2Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Mar 4 – Mar 28

  1. Mar 4Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Mar 14Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Mar 28Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 8Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 8PassedSenate
  5. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 14Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 24Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 2AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 2Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 4Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 14Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  12. Mar 28Died On CalendarSenate