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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2707

Absentee voting by mail; change notarization requirements for ballots submitted by certain college students.

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 REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A FULL-TIME STUDENT OF ANY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE WHO IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL HAVE HIS OR HER BALLOT ENVELOPE NOTARIZED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT MUST HAVE HIS OR HER BALLOT ENVELOPE WITNESSED AND SIGNED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE WHEREIN THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-631 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

3 co-sponsors

David Blount, Bob M. Dearing, Bill Stone

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 217 days

ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 259 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Feb 28 · stopped26 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 20 to Feb 28 · stopped8 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.

In the Senate Jan 16 – Feb 2

  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 2Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 3 – Feb 28

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