l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2016

Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CODIFY SECTION 23-15-153.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO COMPARE THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SEMS) WITH PUBLIC RECORDS TO ENSURE NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THIS STATE, TO PROVIDE THAT IF EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT A PARTICULAR REGISTERED VOTER IS NOT A CITIZEN, THE SYSTEM SHALL NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR WHO SHALL NOTIFY THE REGISTERED VOTER TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, TO PRESCRIBE CRITERIA FOR PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE VOTER DOES NOT PROVIDE SUCH PROOF, THE REGISTRAR SHALL PURGE HIS NAME FROM THE SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR AN APPEAL FROM SUCH DECISION, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT; 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

Its course

January 5 to February 2, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 days

ElectionsJan 5 to Feb 2 · stopped28 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 5 – Feb 2

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