l9n/ Mississippi

2023 Regular Session

House Bill 16

Election commissioner; revise office of to be nonpartisan.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 28, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER SHALL BE A NONPARTISAN OFFICE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER SHALL BE LISTED AS NONPARTISAN ON A BALLOT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-213, 23-15-367 AND 23-15-511, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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

Its course

January 3 to February 28, 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 action7 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 3 to Feb 836 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 3 to Jan 2623 days

In the SenateFeb 8 to Feb 28 · stopped20 days

ElectionsFeb 13 to Feb 28 · 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 3 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 3Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 7Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 8Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 9 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 9Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 13Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 3Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 8PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Referred To ElectionsSenate
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate