l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 1308

Elections; revise provisions for the distribution of absentee ballots.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE OR OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE, OR USE PUBLIC FUNDS TO CAUSE TO BE DISTRIBUTED, AN ABSENTEE BALLOT OR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION TO A PERSON WHO DID NOT REQUEST A BALLOT OR APPLICATION; TO PROVIDE THAT NO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THIS STATE, OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE, MAY ESTABLISH BALLOT DROP BOXES OR ANY SIMILAR RECEPTACLE FOR THE COLLECTION OF BALLOTS; TO REVISE THE ABSENTEE BALLOT ENVELOPE; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-623, 23-15-625 23-15-627, 23-15-631, 23-15-657, 23-15-715, 23-15-719, 23-15-755 AND 23-15-641, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-629, 23-15-721 AND 23-15-751, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

2 co-sponsors

Steve Hopkins, Brady Williamson

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

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives