l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1156

Polling places; prohibit from being closed within sixty days before an election.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on April 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-557, 23-15-281, 23-15-285, 23-15-35, 23-15-115, 19-3-1, 21-5-5, 21-9-59 AND 23-15-283, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO POLLING PLACE SHALL BE CLOSED WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF ANY PRIMARY, GENERAL, RUNOFF OR SPECIAL ELECTION UNLESS EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST; 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

3 co-sponsors

Fabian Nelson, Jeffrey Hulum III, Otis Anthony

Its course

February 14 to April 2, 2024, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 14 to Mar 621 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 14 to Feb 228 days

In the SenateMar 6 to Apr 2 · stopped27 days

ElectionsMar 21 to Apr 2 · stopped12 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 Feb 14 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 14Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Feb 22Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 6Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 8 – Apr 2

  1. Mar 8Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 21Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Apr 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Feb 14Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 22Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 6Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 6PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 8Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 21Referred To ElectionsSenate
  7. Apr 2Died In CommitteeSenate