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 2279
Legislature; reduce the size of the Legislature after the 2023 election.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2023 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CONSIST OF 110 MEMBERS; TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2023 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE SHALL CONSIST OF 47 MEMBERS; 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 30 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 30 to Mar 6 · stopped36 days
ElectionsJan 30 to Mar 6 · stopped36 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 30 – Mar 6
- Jan 30Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Mar 6Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 30Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Mar 6Died In CommitteeSenate