Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 46
Superintendent of education; change from appointive to elective in certain county and establish term of four years.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REESTABLISH THE MANNER OF SELECTING THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION IN A CERTAIN COUNTY AS AN ELECTIVE METHOD FROM THE APPOINTIVE METHOD, EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2020, AND TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF FOUR YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED AT THE SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE GENERAL STATE ELECTION; TO PRESCRIBE AN ORDERLY TRANSITION OF TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THEREWITH; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-5-63, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE QUALIFICATION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING THE ELECTIVE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-359, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.