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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2537

Polling places; prohibit use of cell phone in unless reporting emergency situations to certain public safety personnel.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-555, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF CELLULAR TELEPHONES IN POLLING PLACES UNLESS THE USE IS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF COMMUNICATING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL REGARDING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS; 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 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days

EnergyJan 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 Senate Jan 19 – Feb 3

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Energy and on Elections
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published