Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2589
Ballots; require certain information on the front of and require watermark on absentee voter ballots.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-357, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT CERTAIN WORDS SHALL BE PRINTED ON THE FRONT OF ALL PAPER BALLOTS ISSUED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF TITLE 23; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-649, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE AN OFFICIAL WATERMARK ON ALL ABSENTEE VOTER BALLOTS; TO REQUIRE THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO FURNISH THE OFFICIAL WATERMARK; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-333, 23-15-367, 23-15-639 AND 23-15-649, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-359 AND 23-15-361 FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; 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
Sponsor
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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate