Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2705
Elections; make absentee vote final once cast.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-637, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY VOTES CAST BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, WHETHER BY MAIL OR IN PERSON IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, SHALL BE FINAL; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE CERTAIN RULES AND REGULATIONS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-639 AND 23-15-641, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
ElectionsJan 21 to Jan 3110 days
Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 31 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5
- Jan 21Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Jan 31Reported from EL to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Jan 31DR - TSDP: EL To ACSenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate