l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 1802

Pre-election day voting; authorize to reduce voters exposure to COVID-19 during 2020 elections.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Rules Committee on October 2, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING ACT FOR THOSE ELECTIONS THAT OCCUR IN CALENDAR YEAR 2020; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT AUTHORIZING PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING FOR THE UPCOMING 2020 ELECTIONS WILL HELP LOWER THE RISK OF EXPOSING VOTERS TO COVID-19; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING PERIOD FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 SHALL BEGIN TWENTY DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND CONTINUE UNTIL NOON ON THE SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THE HOURS FOR PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE OR VOTING PRECINCT AS DESIGNATED BY THE CIRCUIT CLERK DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS; TO PROVIDE EXTENDED HOURS TO VOTE DURING THE LAST FULL WEEK PRECEDING AN ELECTION; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE OF PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING SHALL BE PROVIDED IN THREE PUBLIC PLACES EIGHT DAYS BEFORE THE VOTING BEGINS; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW WHEN CASTING A BALLOT DURING THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING PERIOD; TO PROVIDE THE MANNER FOR CHALLENGING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF A VOTER DURING THE PRE-ELECTION DAY VOTING PERIOD; 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

2 co-sponsors

Kent McCarty, Jansen Owen

Its course

June 30 to October 2, 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 action3 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJun 30 to Oct 2 · stopped94 days

RulesJun 30 to Oct 2 · stopped94 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 Jun 30 – Oct 2

  1. Jun 30Suspended from deadlines by House Concurrent Resolution 69
  2. Referred to the House committee on Rules
  3. Oct 2Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jun 30Suspend from Deadlines by HC 69Both houses
  2. Jun 30Referred To RulesHouse of Representatives
  3. Oct 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives