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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2351

Elections; allow the Attorney General to investigate alleged election fraud.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and 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 CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE ADDED TO TITLE 23, CHAPTER 15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF ELECTION FRAUD; TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR WHICH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SHOULD FOLLOW TO SHARE THE FINDINGS OF AN ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATION; 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

Joseph M. Seymour

Its course

January 16 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 action12 actions on 7 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 823 days

ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 3115 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 31 to Jan 310 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 28 · stopped20 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 16 to Feb 28 · stopped12 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 10

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 16 – Feb 8

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 31Reported 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. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 8Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  2. Feb 10Reconsidered in the Senate
  3. Amended in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate as amended
  5. Feb 15Sent to the House
  6. Feb 16Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  7. Feb 28Died in committee in the House
All 12 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Jan 31DR - TSDPCS: EL To ACSenate
  3. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  4. Feb 8Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  5. Feb 8PassedSenate
  6. Feb 8Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  7. Feb 10ReconsideredSenate
  8. Feb 10AmendedSenate
  9. Feb 10Passed As AmendedSenate
  10. Feb 15Transmitted To HouseSenate
  11. Feb 16Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  12. Feb 28Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives