l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2821

Voter assistance; must be given only by certain persons & require those persons to complete a form after providing such assistance.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-549, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MANAGERS OF AN ELECTION SHALL REQUIRE ANY PERSON PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO A VOTER SIGN A DECLARATION TO PROVIDE VOTER ASSISTANCE; TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON, OTHER THAN AN ELECTION OFFICIAL, MAY ASSIST MORE THAN 10 VOTERS IN A FEDERAL ELECTION OR A STATE ELECTION THAT IS HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH A FEDERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT NO CANDIDATE IN SUCH AN ELECTION, OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF SUCH CANDIDATE OR POLL WATCHER OF SUCH CANDIDATE, MAY ASSIST A VOTER UNLESS THE VOTER IS A MEMBER OF THE CANDIDATE'S FAMILY; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-719, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR VOTE FRAUD; 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

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

ElectionsJan 20 to Feb 314 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 3 to Feb 4 · stopped1 day

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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 3Reported from EL to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 3DR - TSDP: EL To ACSenate
  3. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate