Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.
2020 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2706
Municipal elections; impose residency requirements to run for municipal governing authority offices.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-300, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT ANY CANDIDATE FOR A MUNICIPAL GOVERNING AUTHORITY OFFICE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF THE WARD THAT HE OR SHE SEEKS TO REPRESENT FOR TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE ELECTION DAY; 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
February 17 to March 3, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days
ElectionsFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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.