l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2687

Absentee voting; may be conducted by voting machine if clerk and board of supervisors approve.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS AND CIRCUIT CLERKS OR COUNTY REGISTRARS TO APPROVE THE USE OF DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING UNITS AND OPTICAL MARK READING EQUIPMENT FOR ABSENTEE VOTING; 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

Its course

January 16 to February 28, 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 924 days

ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 259 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 9 to Feb 28 · stopped19 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 16 – Feb 9

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 25Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 9Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 13 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 13Sent to the House
  2. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 25Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 9Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 9AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 9Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 13Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 20Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 28Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives