Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Rules Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2006
Legislative member election contests; person who brings and loses contest must pay attorney's fees and costs.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-955, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE TO AWARD ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS AGAINST AN UNSUCCESSFUL PETITIONER IN A LEGISLATIVE ELECTION CONTEST; 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
January 3 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 SenateJan 3 to Jan 30 · stopped27 days
RulesJan 3 to Jan 30 · stopped27 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.