Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 13, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2630
State general elections; require candidates to obtain majority of votes to secure office.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-193, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE ALL CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE STATE GENERAL ELECTION TO SECURE THE MAJORITY VOTE TO BE ELECTED; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 20 to February 13, 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 20 to Feb 13 · stopped24 days
ElectionsJan 20 to Feb 415 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 13
- Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
- Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
- Feb 13Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
- Jan 20Referred To ElectionsSenate
- Feb 4Title Suff Do PassSenate
- Feb 13Died On CalendarSenate