Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2299
Absentee voting by mail; change notarization requirements for ballots submitted by certain college students.
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
Sponsor
Its course
January 10 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 action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateJan 10 to Jan 30 · stopped20 days
ElectionsJan 10 to Jan 2515 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 25 to Jan 30 · stopped5 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 10 – Jan 30
- Jan 10Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 25Reported from EL to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 10Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 25DR - TSDP: EL To ACSenate
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate