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2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2766

Voting by affidavit; clarify procedures for providing photo identification in municipal elections.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT A VOTER WHO IS UNABLE TO PRESENT ACCEPTABLE PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION WHEN HE OR SHE VOTES IN PERSON MAY RETURN TO THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE AFTER THE ELECTION TO PRESENT PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION OR EXECUTE A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION AFFIDAVIT TO ENSURE THAT HIS OR HER BALLOT IS COUNTED; 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

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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 218 days

ElectionsJan 15 to Jan 2510 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 2 to Feb 27 · stopped25 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 14 to Feb 27 · stopped13 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 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 25Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 2Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 5 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 5Sent to the House
  2. Feb 14Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Feb 27Died in committee in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 25Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Feb 2PassedSenate
  4. Feb 5Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Feb 14Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 27Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives