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2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2603

Election commissioners; provide that elections shall be nonpartisan.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and 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 PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER IS A NONPARTISAN OFFICE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER SHALL APPEAR IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ON A SEPARATE PORTION OF THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS NONPARTISAN WITH NO REFERENCE TO PARTY AFFILIATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-213 AND 23-15-367, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

4 co-sponsors

Albert Butler, Tommy A. Gollott, Michael Watson, Terry C. Burton

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 SenateFeb 20 to Mar 1221 days

ElectionsFeb 20 to Feb 299 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 12 to Apr 3 · stopped22 days

Apportionment and ElectionsMar 14 to Apr 3 · stopped20 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 Senate Feb 20 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Feb 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 12Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 13 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 13Sent to the House
  2. Mar 14Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Feb 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Mar 12PassedSenate
  4. Mar 13Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Mar 14Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  6. Apr 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives