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2025 Regular Session

House Bill 177

In-person absentee voting; authorize to be conducted using OMR equipment.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 12, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-637, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR SHALL BE CAST USING THE OPTICAL MARK READING EQUIPMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OPTICAL MARK READING EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SEALED EACH NIGHT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF FOR ANY REASON THE OPTICAL MARK READING EQUIPMENT BECOMES INOPERABLE, PAPER ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHALL BE USED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-659, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE HOW THE ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS AND ELECTOR'S CERTIFICATES ARE PRINTED FOR ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS THAT ARE CAST IN PERSON AT THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-639, 23-15-645, 23-15-627, 23-15-633, 23-15-625, 23-15-715, 23-15-719, 23-15-507, 23-15-515, 23-15-517, 23-15-523 AND 23-15-525, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 23-15-591, 23-15-581 AND 23-15-595, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCESSING OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS MAY BEGIN ON THE MONDAY BEFORE THE ELECTION BUT THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS SHALL BE ANNOUNCED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH ALL OTHER VOTES CAST ON ELECTION DAY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTING AND TALLYING OF BALLOTS MUST BE FINISHED ON ELECTION NIGHT; TO PROVIDE THAT NO BALLOT BOX SHALL BE SEALED UNTIL ALL THE VOTES FOR THAT PRECINCT HAVE BEEN COUNTED AND REPORTED TO THE TABULATION CENTER; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-505, 23-15-511, 23-15-513, 23-15-519 AND 23-15-521, 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

January 10 to March 12, 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 10 to Feb 1132 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 10 to Jan 3020 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 12 · stopped29 days

ElectionsFeb 14 to Mar 418 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 11

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 10 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 11Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 14Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  3. Mar 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Mar 12Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 14Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 14Referred To ElectionsSenate
  8. Mar 4Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedSenate
  9. Mar 12Died On CalendarSenate