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2022 Regular Session

House Bill 985

Early voting; require Secretary of State to authorize for overseas military.

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 23-15-169.4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CREATE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ALLOW UNIFORMED SERVICES VOTERS TO VOTE EARLY FOR ELECTIONS, SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND RUN-OFFS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-677, 23-15-693, 23-15-699 AND 23-15-701, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR UNIFORMED SERVICES AND OVERSEAS VOTERS; 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

3 co-sponsors

De'Keither A. Stamps, Ronnie C. Crudup, Stephanie Foster

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. Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published