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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2423

Elections; require that candidates receive majority of votes in general election to be elected to statewide office.

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 AMEND SECTION 23-15-193, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE OFFICERS THAT RECEIVE A MAJORITY OF VOTES CAST FOR THE OFFICE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE ELECTED, BUT IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY NUMBER OF VOTES CAST AT THE ELECTION, THEN THE TWO CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES CAST SHALL HAVE THEIR NAMES PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION TO BE HELD THREE WEEKS LATER; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-603 AND 7-3-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; 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

2 co-sponsors

Robert L. Jackson, Michael McLendon

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 722 days

ElectionsJan 16 to Jan 2610 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Feb 28 · stopped21 days

Apportionment and 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 Senate Jan 16 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Jan 26Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 13Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Jan 26Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 7PassedSenate
  5. Feb 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 13Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives