l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2524

Election commissioners; provide that the office shall be nonpartisan.

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 PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER IS A NONPARTISAN OFFICE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER SHALL BE LISTED AS NONPARTISAN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-213 AND 23-15-367, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

Its course

January 14 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 825 days

ElectionsJan 14 to Jan 3117 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.

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 14 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 14Referred 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 failed in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 8Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 11Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the House
  4. Feb 14Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  5. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 8Committee Substitute FailedSenate
  4. Feb 8PassedSenate
  5. Feb 8Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  6. Feb 11Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  7. Feb 11Transmitted To HouseSenate
  8. Feb 14Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives