Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
House Bill 374
County school board trustees; require runoff election if no candidate receives majority of votes cast.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN A CONTEST FOR OFFICE OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST FOR THE POSITION SOUGHT SHALL BE DECLARED THE WINNER; TO PROVIDE FOR A RUNOFF BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES IN INSTANCES WHERE NEITHER CANDIDATE RECEIVES THE MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST IN THE ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE RUNOFF ELECTION SHALL OCCUR THREE WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST ELECTION; 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
January 5 to January 31, 2017, 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 RepresentativesJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 days
EducationJan 5 to Jan 31 · stopped26 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.