l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2549

Election results; prohibit the release of the number of votes cast for the Office of President of the United States.

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 AMEND SECTION 23-15-591, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS OF THIS STATE FROM RELEASING THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST IN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES UNTIL AFTER THE TIMES SET BY LAW FOR THE MEETING AND VOTES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS IN ALL STATES; TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO RELEASE THE PERCENTAGE OF STATEWIDE VOTES CAST FOR EACH SET OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS; 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 18 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

ElectionsJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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.

In the Senate Jan 18 – Feb 2

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