l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 1237

Secretary of State; require to provide election officials training on disenfranchising crimes.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS, THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE AND THROUGH A TELEPHONE NUMBER, AN UP-TO-DATE LIST OF THOSE CRIMES, IDENTIFIED BY THE CODE SECTION NUMBER, THAT ARE DISENFRANCHISING AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO ENSURE THAT ALL OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING VOTERS HAVE UP-TO-DATE INTERNET BASED ELECTRONIC MEANS OF DETERMINING WHETHER A PERSON HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A DISENFRANCHISING CRIME; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-213 AND 23-15-223, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE TRAINING REQUIRED OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS AND REGISTRARS SHALL INCLUDE ADEQUATE TRAINING, INCLUDING ON AN UP-TO-DATE DATABASE, TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS ARE NOT DENIED THE RIGHT TO REGISTER TO VOTE AND CAST A BALLOT BASED ON A CONVICTION THAT IS NOT A DISENFRANCHISING CRIME, ACCORDING TO THE CODE SECTION NUMBER; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, 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

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives