l9n/ Mississippi

2021 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2588

Statewide Elections Management System; remove electors who fail to respond to notice.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on March 2, 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 ELECTORS WHO FAIL TO RESPOND TO A CONFIRMATION NOTICE FOR A PERIOD OF CONSECUTIVE YEARS; TO DEFINE THE TERMS "CONFIRMATION NOTICE" AND "FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE CONFORMATION NOTICE"; TO REQUIRE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO SEND REGISTERED ELECTORS WHO DO NOT VOTE FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD A 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; 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

1 co-sponsor

Jeremy England

Its course

January 18 to March 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 1023 days

ElectionsJan 18 to Jan 268 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 2 · stopped20 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 24 to Mar 2 · stopped6 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentPending

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 10

  1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 10Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Amendment failed in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 2

  1. Feb 10Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 15Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Feb 16Sent to the House
  4. Feb 24Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  5. Mar 2Died in committee in the House
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 10Amendment FailedSenate
  5. Feb 10PassedSenate
  6. Feb 10Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. Feb 15Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  8. Feb 16Transmitted To HouseSenate
  9. Feb 24Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  10. Mar 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives