Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.
2019 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2726
Absentee voting; allow for persons who are detained but have not been convicted.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-627, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "ABSENT ELECTOR" TO INCLUDE THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO VOTE BUT ARE BEING DETAINED IN JAIL BEFORE INDICTMENT OR BEFORE TRIAL; 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
ElectionsJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5
- Jan 21Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 21Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 5Died In CommitteeSenate