l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 985

Judicial elections; authorize to be partisan.

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 REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-974 THROUGH 23-15-985, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE NONPARTISAN JUDICIAL ELECTION ACT; TO REENACT SECTIONS 23-15-845, 23-15-847, 23-15-971, 23-15-997, 23-15-1013 AND 9-9-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF JUDGES IN PARTY PRIMARIES, AND WHICH WERE REPEALED IN 1994; TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-4-5, 9-4-15, 9-5-29, 9-5-36, 9-5-50, 9-5-58, 9-7-11, 9-7-27, 9-7-46, 9-7-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE PARTY NOMINATION OF JUDGES FOR A PARTISAN ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-197, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR ALL JUDGES; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-297, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADD JUDGES TO THE LIST OF CANDIDATES WHO SHALL FIRST PAY A FEE UPON ENTERING A RACE FOR PARTY NOMINATIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-359, 23-15-367, 23-15-801, 23-15-807, 23-15-973, 23-15-993, 23-15-995 AND 23-15-1015, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 21 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committees on Apportionment and Elections and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives