l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2850

Primary election contests; may be heard only by circuit judges.

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 AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-927, 23-15-929, 23-15-931, 23-15-937, 23-15-939 AND 23-15-961, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ELECTION CONTESTS INVOLVING DECISIONS OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES SHALL BE HEARD ONLY BY CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES; 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

1 co-sponsor

Robert L. Jackson

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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 817 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 20 to Mar 615 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 8 to Apr 3 · stopped26 days

Apportionment and ElectionsMar 19 to Apr 3 · stopped15 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 Feb 20 – Mar 8

  1. Feb 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Mar 6Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 8Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 8 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 8Released in the Senate to be sent on at once
  2. Mar 9Sent to the House
  3. Mar 19Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary B
  4. Apr 3Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Mar 6Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Mar 8Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Mar 8PassedSenate
  5. Mar 8Immediate ReleaseSenate
  6. Mar 9Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Mar 19Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives