Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
House Bill 1065
County superintendent of education; change selection method from appointive to elective in certain county.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT EFFECTIVE WITH THE TERM OF OFFICE BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2024, THE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION IN A CERTAIN COUNTY SHALL NO LONGER BE APPOINTIVE BUT ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ELECTION SHALL OCCUR AT THE NOVEMBER 2023 GENERAL STATEWIDE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS; TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO OBJECT TO THE CHANGE IN THE METHOD OF SELECTING THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION TO FILE A PETITION REQUESTING A REFERENDUM ON THE ISSUE ON CHANGING THE PROCESS OF SELECTION; TO DESIGNATE THE TIME IN WHICH THE REFERENDUM SHALL BE HELD PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE GENERAL STATEWIDE AND COUNTY ELECTIONS; TO ESTABLISH THE REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY FOR ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION IF THE REFERENDUM IN FAVOR OF CHANGING THE METHOD OF SELECTION IS APPROVED; TO AMEND SECTION 37-9-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 16 to January 31, 2023, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.