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2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2076

Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES FROM PROVIDING ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC DURING COURT TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-973, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CIRCUIT JUDGES FROM ALLOWING ANY POLITICAL CANDIDATE TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC DURING COURT TERMS; 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

Its course

January 17 to February 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 4 · stopped18 days

ElectionsJan 17 to Jan 3013 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 30 to Feb 4 · stopped5 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 4

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on Elections and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported from EL to JA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published