l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

House Bill 4

Statewide Elections Management System; remove voters who fail to respond to notice and who fail to vote after certain period of time.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on February 11, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 23-15-152, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTY REGISTRAR OR COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION SHALL REMOVE FROM THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THOSE VOTERS WHO FAIL, AFTER HAVING BEEN MAILED A CONFIRMATION NOTICE, TO EITHER RESPOND TO THE CONFIRMATION NOTICE AND VOTE AT LEAST ONCE DURING A PERIOD OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS, WHICH PERIOD SHALL INCLUDE TWO GENERAL FEDERAL ELECTIONS OR UPDATE THE VOTER'S REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND VOTE AT LEAST ONCE DURING A PERIOD OF FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS, WHICH PERIOD SHALL INCLUDE TWO GENERAL FEDERAL ELECTIONS; TO DEFINE "CONFIRMATION NOTICE"; TO PROVIDE THE TIME FOR REMOVAL OF VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE RETENTION OF REMOVED VOTER REGISTRATION RECORDS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-125 AND 23-15-153, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

8 co-sponsors

Fred Shanks, Billy Adam Calvert, Price Wallace, Troy Smith, Gene Newman, Jill Ford, Dan Eubanks, Shane Barnett

Its course

January 5 to February 11, 2021, 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 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 5 to Feb 11 · stopped37 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 5 to Jan 2823 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 Jan 5 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 5Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Died on the calendar in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 5Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives