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2016 Regular Session

House Bill 796

Pre-election day voting; allow.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 22, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING ACT; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING PERIOD SHALL BEGIN FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND CONTINUE UNTIL NOON ON THE SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING SHALL BE FOR EACH PRIMARY, GENERAL, RUNOFF, SPECIAL AND MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE; TO PROVIDE THE HOURS FOR PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS; TO PROVIDE EXTENDED HOURS TO VOTE DURING THE LAST FULL WEEK PRECEDING AN ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE OF PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THREE PUBLIC PLACES EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE VOTING BEGINS; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW WHEN CASTING A BALLOT DURING THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THE MANNER FOR CHALLENGING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A VOTER DURING THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING PERIOD; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-625, 23-15-627, 23-15-629, 23-15-631, 23-15-635, 23-15-637, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-643, 23-15-647, 23-15-649, 23-15-657, 23-15-713, 23-15-715, 23-15-717, 23-15-719, 23-15-721 AND 23-15-735, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE VOTERS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT; TO PROHIBIT A VOTER FROM CASTING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY REGISTRAR; TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-31, 23-15-37, 23-15-43, 23-15-47, 23-15-65, 23-15-127, 23-15-153, 23-15-171, 23-15-173, 23-15-191, 23-15-195, 23-15-197, 23-15-231, 23-15-233, 23-15-239, 23-15-241, 23-15-245, 23-15-247, 23-15-251, 23-15-255, 23-15-263, 23-15-265, 23-15-267, 23-15-303, 23-15-309, 23-15-331, 23-15-333, 23-15-335, 23-15-353, 23-15-357, 23-15-359, 23-15-363, 23-15-367, 7-3-39, 23-15-407, 23-15-411, 23-15-415, 23-15-417, 23-15-425, 23-15-429, 23-15-437, 23-15-469, 23-15-473, 23-15-511, 23-15-515, 23-15-531.4, 23-15-531.6, 23-15-531.7, 23-15-545, 23-15-573, 23-15-613, 23-15-781, 23-15-785, 23-15-807, 23-15-833, 23-15-843, 23-15-851, 23-15-853, 23-15-855, 23-15-857, 23-15-859, 23-15-895, 23-15-913, 23-15-963, 23-15-977, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1081, 23-15-1083, 23-15-1085, 23-15-1091, 21-3-3, 21-9-17, 37-5-9, 37-5-63, 37-5-7, 21-8-7 AND 9-4-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

6 co-sponsors

Kimberly L. Campbell, Deborah Butler Dixon, Christopher M. Bell, Thomas U. Reynolds, Kathy Sykes, Earle S. Banks

Its course

February 8 to March 22, 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 action9 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 324 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 8 to Feb 1810 days

In the SenateMar 3 to Mar 22 · stopped19 days

ElectionsMar 11 to Mar 22 · stopped11 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 3

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 Feb 8 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 18Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 25Read the third time in the House
  4. Mar 3Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 8 – Mar 22

  1. Mar 8Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 11Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Mar 22Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 18Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 3Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 3AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 3Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 8Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 11Referred To ElectionsSenate
  9. Mar 22Died In CommitteeSenate