Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2723
School board members; all elected beginning with the November 2020 general election.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 37-6-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT THE "NONPARTISAN SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE NOVEMBER 2020 GENERAL ELECTION, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION, TRUSTEES OF MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE TRUSTEES OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE TRUSTEES FROM THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE ELECTED IN A NONPARTISAN ELECTION CONCURRENT WITH THE FEDERAL ELECTION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF ALL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SHALL BE FOUR YEARS; TO PROVIDE FOR NOMINATING PETITIONS TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND A UNIFORM NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON SAID PETITIONS OF NOMINATION; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILLING VACANCIES IN THE OFFICE OF ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-5-1, 37-5-3, 37-5-7, 37-5-9, 37-5-18, 37-5-19, 37-7-203, 37-7-207, 37-7-221, 37-7-223, 37-7-225, 37-7-227, 37-7-229 AND 37-7-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-204, 37-7-209, 37-7-211, 37-7-215, 37-7-217 AND 37-7-219, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN METHODS FOR ELECTING TRUSTEES OF MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM ADDED TERRITORY; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 37-7-705, 37-7-707, 37-7-709, 37-7-711, 37-7-713, 37-7-715 AND 37-7-717, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE CERTAIN METHODS FOR SELECTING TRUSTEES OF SPECIAL MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS; 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
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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.