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 2159
Absentee ballots; allow all persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot to do so by mail.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-631, 23-15-715 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ALL PERSONS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT TO DO SO BY MAIL; 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 17 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 17 to Mar 6 · stopped49 days
ElectionsJan 17 to Mar 6 · stopped49 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.