l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

House Bill 1549

Runoff elections; revise time for holding to five weeks.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-171, 23-15-191, 23-15-193, 23-15-213, 23-15-833, 23-15-857, 23-15-981, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1083, 37-5-9, 37-7-215, 37-7-217, 37-7-227 AND 37-7-711, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE TIME FOR HOLDING RUNOFF ELECTIONS TO FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST ELECTION INSTEAD OF THREE WEEKS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-173, 23-15-1031, 23-15-1033, 23-15-1041, 23-15-991, 23-15-1015, 9-4-5, 9-4-15, 9-9-5, 37-5-1, 37-7-306, 37-7-201 AND 37-7-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE MINOR, NON-SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-7-223 AND 37-7-207, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

February 19 to March 5, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 19 to Mar 5 · 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 Feb 19 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Mar 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 19Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives