Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2512
Elections; prohibit incumbent candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 23-15-299.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE FROM APPEARING IN PUBLICLY FUNDED ADVERTISEMENTS DURING THE YEAR OF THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE CANDIDATES WHO VIOLATE THE PROHIBITION SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING ANY PUBLIC OFFICE UNTIL THE NEXT STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-297, 23-15-299, 23-15-359 AND 23-15-976, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 12, 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 19 to Jan 2910 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 Jan 19 – Feb 12
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 29Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 12Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 29Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 12Died On CalendarSenate