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 2880
Absentee voting by mail; change notarization requirements for ballots submitted by certain college students.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A FULL-TIME STUDENT OF ANY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OR COMMUNITY/JUNIOR COLLEGE WHO IS QUALIFIED TO VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL HAVE HIS OR HER BALLOT ENVELOPE NOTARIZED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT MUST HAVE HIS OR HER BALLOT ENVELOPE WITNESSED AND SIGNED BY AN EMPLOYEE OF THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE WHEREIN THE STUDENT IS ENROLLED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-631 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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