l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2572

Election commissioners; remove skills assessment requirement.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT ELECTION COMMISSIONERS COMPLETE A SKILLS ASSESSMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-211, 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

8 co-sponsors

Joseph M. Seymour, Jeremy England, Kelvin Butler, Joseph Thomas, Robert L. Jackson, Juan Barnett, Rod Hickman, David Jordan

Its course

January 17 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1024 days

ElectionsJan 17 to Jan 269 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 16 to Mar 1 · stopped13 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

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 17 – Feb 10

  1. Jan 17Referred 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. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 15 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 15Sent to the House
  2. Feb 16Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 10Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 10AmendedSenate
  5. Feb 10Passed As AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 15Transmitted To HouseSenate
  7. Feb 16Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives