Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2498
Mississippi Elections Integrity Act of 2023; enact.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTIONS INTEGRITY ACT OF 2023; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON SUBMITTING A VOTER REGISTRATION APPLICATION MUST PRESENT CERTAIN DOCUMENTS TO PROVE HIS OR HER STATUS AS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN; TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 23-15-15.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATEWIDE ELECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SHALL BE COMPARED TO THE IDENTIFICATION DATABASES A SINGLE TIME TO ENSURE NON-UNITED STATES CITIZENS ARE NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE; TO PROVIDE THE NOTIFICATION REQUIRED WHEN A NON-UNITED STATES CITIZEN IS FOUND TO BE REGISTERED TO VOTE; TO PROVIDE THE DOCUMENTATION THAT MUST BE SUBMITTED AS PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP; TO REQUIRE ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO INSPECT ALL EXISTING VOTER ROLLS AGAINST A VOTER'S SIGNATURE ON FILE ESTABLISHED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME; TO REQUIRE THE OFFICIALS IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTION TO USE ONLY CERTAIN VOTING EQUIPMENT IN ANY ELECTION AFTER JANUARY 1, 2024; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-625, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO COMPARE AN APPLICANT SIGNATURE ON THE APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AGAINST THE VOTER'S SIGNATURE ON FILE; TO REQUIRE THE REGISTRAR TO DENY THE APPLICATION AND NOT MAIL A BALLOT IF THE SIGNATURE DOES NOT MATCH; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-33, 23-15-39 AND 23-15-47, 23-15-165, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO REPEAL SECTION 23-15-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE DOCUMENTATION THAT A NATURALIZED CITIZEN MUST PRESENT IN ORDER TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR TO VOTE; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL SECTIONS 23-15-531, 23-15-531.1, 23-15-531.2, 23-15-531.3, 23-15-531.4, 23-15-531.5, 23-15-531.6, 23-15-531.9, 23-15-531.10 AND 23-15-531.12, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THE AUTHORITY FOR THE USE OF DIRECT RECORDING ELECTRONIC VOTING EQUIPMENT AT POLLING PLACES, ON A CERTAIN DATE; 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
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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
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.