Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
House Bill 675
County school board members; require to declare party affiliation and be elected by a majority vote.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DECLARE THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH THEY ARE AFFILIATED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST IN THE GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE ELECTED; TO REQUIRE A RUN-OFF ELECTION IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF VOTES; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 20 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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.