Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 416
Municipal petition signatures; revise procedure in which they are obtained.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-33-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILING A WRITTEN PROTEST AGAINST THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPALITY; TO PROVIDE THE FORM OF THE WRITTEN PROTEST PETITION; TO REQUIRE THE MUNICIPAL CLERK TO VERIFY THE NAME OF EACH QUALIFIED ELECTOR SIGNING THE PETITION; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS A PERSON WHO CIRCULATES A WRITTEN PROTEST PETITION FROM SOLICITING SIGNATURES IN EXCHANGE FOR CONSIDERATION, WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM A POLLING PLACE, OR BY INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING A QUALIFIED ELECTOR ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PETITION; TO AMEND SECTION 21-23-7, 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.
Its course
January 5 to January 30, 2018, 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 30 · stopped25 days
Apportionment and ElectionsJan 5 to Jan 30 · stopped25 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 House of Representatives Jan 5 – Jan 30
- Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
- Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 5Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives