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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 992

Absentee ballots for enlisted soldiers; authorize use of electronic signatures and revise time for receipt of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-673, 23-15-687 AND 23-15-699, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ENLISTED SOLDIERS TO USE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES TO SIGN ABSENTEE BALLOTS; TO REVISE THE TIME THAT SUCH BALLOTS SHALL BE RECEIVED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-637 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Dennis DeBar, Jr.

Its course

February 20 to April 3, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 1221 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 20 to Feb 233 days

In the SenateMar 12 to Apr 3 · stopped22 days

ElectionsMar 16 to Apr 3 · stopped18 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 House of Representatives Feb 20 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 23Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 12Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 13 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 16Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 12PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 16Referred To ElectionsSenate
  6. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate