l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1016

Unused ballots; provide for the retention and destruction of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETENTION AND DESTRUCTION OF PACKAGES OF PROTESTED, VOID AND WHOLLY BLANK BALLOTS, OPEN PACKAGES OF UNUSED BALLOTS, SEALED PACKAGES OF UNUSED BALLOTS, AND ALL ABSENTEE AND MILITARY BALLOTS AND BALLOT ENVELOPES; 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Otis Anthony

Its course

February 14 to June 9, 2020, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 14 to Mar 419 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 14 to Feb 206 days

In the SenateMar 4 to Jun 9 · stopped97 days

ElectionsMay 11 to Jun 9 · stopped29 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 House of Representatives Feb 14 – Mar 4

  1. Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 5 – Jun 9

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published