l9n/ Mississippi

2024 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2424

Absentee ballots; voters can cure ballots declared defective due to signature issues.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on May 2, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-639, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTERS TO CURE BALLOTS DECLARED DEFECTIVE DUE TO SIGNATURE ISSUES; 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

Jeremy England

Its course

February 16 to May 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 action23 actions on 16 days

In the SenateFeb 16 to Mar 821 days

ElectionsFeb 16 to Mar 518 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 8 to Apr 427 days

Apportionment and ElectionsMar 14 to Mar 2814 days

Back in the SenateApr 4 to May 2 · stopped28 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 4

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 Feb 16 – Mar 8

  1. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Mar 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 8Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 11 – Apr 4

  1. Mar 11Sent to the House
  2. Mar 14Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Mar 28Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Apr 4Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

Back in the Senate Apr 8 – May 2

  1. Apr 8Returned to the Senate to concur in the House's amendments
  2. Apr 10Declined in the Senate to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Apr 12Conferees named in the Senate: England, Tate and Parker
  4. Apr 16Conferees named in the House: Sanford, Tullos and Newman
  5. Apr 24Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Apr 25Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Sanford and Tullos)
  9. Apr 26Conference report adopted in the Senate
  10. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  11. May 1Reconsidered in the House
  12. Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
  13. Reconsidered in the Senate
  14. Recommitted in the Senate to the conferees for further conference
  15. May 2Died in conference in the Senate
All 23 actions, as published
  1. Feb 16Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Mar 5Title Suff Do PassSenate
  3. Mar 8PassedSenate
  4. Mar 11Transmitted To HouseSenate
  5. Mar 14Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 28Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  7. Apr 4AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Apr 4Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  9. Apr 8Returned For ConcurrenceHouse of Representatives
  10. Apr 10Decline to Concur/Invite ConfSenate
  11. Apr 12Conferees Named England,Tate,ParkerSenate
  12. Apr 16Conferees Named Sanford,Tullos,NewmanHouse of Representatives
  13. Apr 24Conference Report FiledSenate
  14. Apr 24Conference Report FiledHouse of Representatives
  15. Apr 25Conference Report AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 25Motion to Reconsider Entered (Sanford, Tullos)House of Representatives
  17. Apr 26Conference Report AdoptedSenate
  18. Apr 26Motion to Reconsider EnteredSenate
  19. May 1ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  20. May 1Recommitted For Further ConfHouse of Representatives
  21. May 1ReconsideredSenate
  22. May 1Recommitted For Further ConfSenate
  23. May 2Died In ConferenceSenate