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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2606

Voter registration; provide for certain procedures upon application.

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 23-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR UPON RECEIVING A COMPLETED VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION TO ENTER AN APPLICANT INTO THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGISTRATION APPLICATION SHALL BE COMPARED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION; TO REQUIRE THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO NOTIFY THE REGISTRAR IF SUCH INFORMATION REFLECTS THAT THE APPLICANT IS NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES; TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO NOTIFY CERTAIN APPLICANTS; TO REQUIRE AN APPLICANT WHO RECEIVES NOTICE UNDER THIS SECTION TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP TO THE REGISTRAR; TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT MAY BE SUBMITTED AS PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP; TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO MARK THE APPLICANT AS REJECTED WHERE THE APPLICANT FAILS TO RESPOND TO THE NOTICE OR TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME; TO ESTABLISH AN APPEAL PROCEDURE; 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 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 action11 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 822 days

ElectionsJan 17 to Feb 115 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 1 to Feb 10 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 1 · stopped21 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 10 to Mar 1 · stopped19 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 8

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 8

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 1Reported as a committee substitute from EL to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  4. Feb 8Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  5. Amended in the Senate
  6. Passed the Senate as amended

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 8Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 9Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  3. Feb 10Sent to the House
  4. Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  5. Mar 1Died in committee in the House
All 11 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 1DR - TSDPCS: EL To ACSenate
  3. Feb 1Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  4. Feb 8Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  5. Feb 8AmendedSenate
  6. Feb 8Passed As AmendedSenate
  7. Feb 8Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  8. Feb 9Motion to Reconsider TabledSenate
  9. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  10. Feb 10Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives