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2013 Regular Session

House Bill 197

Election polling places; specify persons who may be present.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY CERTAIN PERSONS SHALL BE PRESENT AT AND IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF ELECTION POLLING PLACES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS DO NOT SOLICIT VOTES OR OTHERWISE CAMPAIGN; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-577, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CANDIDATES WHO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO THE POLLS SHALL PROVIDE EACH OBSERVER WITH A LETTER OF APPOINTMENT ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-895, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

January 14 to February 5, 2013, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 14 to Feb 5 · stopped22 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 House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published