Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2057
Elections; require persons or organizations that solicit voter registration applications to register with the Secretary of State.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE EVERY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION THAT SOLICITS OR COLLECTS VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS FROM APPLICANTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION IN THIS STATE, UNLESS DESIGNATED AS A VOTER REGISTRAR BY LAW, TO FILE AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN ANY VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES; TO REQUIRE CERTAIN INFORMATION BE INCLUDED IN SUCH STATEMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THERE SHALL BE NO REGISTRATION FEE; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ASSESS FINES FOR FAILURE TO FILE REGISTRATION STATEMENTS PRIOR TO PARTICIPATING IN VOTER REGISTRATION ACTIVITIES; TO REQUIRE ALL PERSONS OR ORGANIZATIONS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THIS ACT TO FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE CONTAINING A LIST OF ALL APPLICANTS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION SOLICITED OR COLLECTED DURING THE PRECEDING 12 CALENDAR MONTHS AND CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO FINE A REGISTERED INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRAR; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO FINE A REGISTERED ORGANIZATION FOR FAILURE TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT; TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS SOLICITED OR COLLECTED OR ON ANY OTHER VOLUME BASIS; TO PROVIDE THAT NO ORGANIZATION MAY PAY COMPENSATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS SOLICITED OR COLLECTED OR ON ANY OTHER VOLUME BASIS; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL VOTER APPLICATIONS SOLICITED OR COLLECTED SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRAR WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO IMPOSE FINES FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY DELIVER APPLICATIONS TO THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRAR; TO PROVIDE FOR REGISTRATION OF PERSONS WHOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DELIVERED TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY A REGISTERED PERSON OR ORGANIZATION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-47, 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 12 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 SenateJan 12 to Mar 6 · stopped54 days
ElectionsJan 12 to Mar 6 · stopped54 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.