2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2680

Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "NONPARTISAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ACT"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTY OFFICES OF CHANCERY CLERK, CIRCUIT CLERK, TAX ASSESSOR, TAX COLLECTOR, COUNTY SURVEYOR AND COUNTY CORONER SHALL BE NONPARTISAN; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS FOR SUCH ACT; TO PROVIDE WHEN A CANDIDATE SHALL FILE THEIR INTENT AND THE AMOUNT OF FEES APPLICABLE FOR SUCH OFFICE; TO PROVIDE HOW THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES SHALL BE GROUPED ON A BALLOT; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE WHEN TWO OR MORE CANDIDATES QUALIFY FOR COUNTY OFFICE; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-297, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE COUNTY OFFICES FROM FEE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTY NOMINATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-297, 23-15-291, 23-15-153, 23-15-411, 23-15-21, 23-15-31, 23-15-507 AND 23-15-911, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 15 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 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

ElectionsJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 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 15 – Jan 30

Jan 15Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 15Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate