Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2602
Absentee ballot; require to be placed in an unmarked envelope inside the envelope containing affidavits to ensure ballot secrecy.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-639, 23-15-719 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS BE PLACED IN AN UNMARKED ENVELOPE INSIDE THE ENVELOPE UPON WHICH THE REQUIRED AFFIDAVITS ARE PRINTED IN ORDER TO ENSURE SECRECY OF THE BALLOT; TO REVISE THE PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO CONFORM TO THIS REQUIREMENT; 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 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
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 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
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Elections
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;ElectionsSenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate