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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 842

Municipal Election Reform Act of 2015; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION REFORM ACT OF 2015; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-173, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A CERTAIN EXCEPTION AS TO HOW MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTIONS ARE TO BE CONDUCTED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-171, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE CERTAIN MUNICIPAL SPECIAL OR PRIVATE CHARTER LANGUAGE RELATING TO WHEN ELECTIONS ARE TO BE HELD; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-309, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE QUALIFYING DATE FOR MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES; TO CREATE NEW SECTIONS WHICH REQUIRE A CERTAIN PROCEDURE RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES MAY OPT OUT OF SUCH PROCEDURE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-541, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE HOW A MUNICIPAL ELECTOR MAY VOTE CURBSIDE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-637, 23-15-639 AND 23-15-641, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-361, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES SHALL BE A QUALIFIED ELECTOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND WARD; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 21-17-11, 23-15-753, 23-15-165, 23-15-353, 23-15-191 AND 23-15-591, WHICH PROVIDE FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, 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.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Larry Byrd

Its course

January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 19 to Feb 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 House of Representatives Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 19Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives