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2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2482

Elections; prohibit incumbent candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on February 27, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE SECTION 23-15-299.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE FROM APPEARING IN PUBLICLY FUNDED ADVERTISEMENTS DURING THE YEAR OF THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THOSE CANDIDATES WHO VIOLATE THE PROHIBITION SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM HOLDING ANY PUBLIC OFFICE UNTIL THE NEXT STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-297, 23-15-299, 23-15-359 AND 23-15-977, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

9 co-sponsors

Sally Doty, Philip Moran, Chuck Younger, Chris Massey, Rita Potts Parks, Joseph M. Seymour, Kevin Blackwell, David Parker, Chris McDaniel

Its course

January 15 to February 27, 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 action9 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 117 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 15 to Jan 2510 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 1 to Feb 27 · stopped26 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 19 to Feb 223 days

AppropriationsFeb 22 to Feb 27 · stopped5 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 1

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 15 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 25Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 1Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 5Sent to the House
  2. Feb 19Referred to the House committees on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency and on Appropriations
  3. Feb 22Reported as amended from AC to AP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Feb 27Died in committee in the House
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Jan 25Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 1Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 1AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 1Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 5Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 19Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 22DR - TSDPAA: AC To APHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 27Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives