l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

House Bill 1585

Municipal general elections; require a run off election if no candidate receives a majority.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on March 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-611 AND 21-9-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES A MAJORITY VOTE IN A MUNICIPAL ELECTION SHALL BE ELECTED; TO PROVIDE THAT IF NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY, THEN A RUN OFF ELECTION SHALL BE HELD THREE WEEKS LATER; 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

January 20 to March 4, 2025, 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 action9 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 1122 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 20 to Jan 3010 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

ElectionsFeb 14 to Mar 4 · stopped18 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

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 Jan 20 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 11Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 11 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 11Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Porter, Sanford and Tullos)
  2. Feb 13Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  4. Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  5. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Motion to Reconsider Entered (Porter, Sanford, Tullos)House of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 14Referred To ElectionsSenate
  9. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate