Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2140
Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ESTABLISH A SECURE WEBSITE TO ENABLE STUDENT VOTERS TO SUBMIT ELECTRONIC ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS; TO ESTABLISH THE DOCUMENTS WHICH MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THE STUDENT TO APPROVE SUCH APPLICATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT UPON APPROVAL, STUDENT ABSENTEE VOTERS MAY BE AUTOMATICALLY MAILED ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR ALL ELECTIONS THAT OCCUR FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-627, 23-15-631, 23-15-715 AND 23-15-721, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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
January 8 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 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 days
ElectionsJan 8 to Feb 2 · stopped25 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 8 – Feb 2
- Jan 8Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate