Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Elections Committee on February 4, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2638
Elections; clarify procedural qualifications for candidates.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-299, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE PROVIDE FORMS FOR CANDIDATES TO CERTIFY A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT THEIR IDENTIFYING INFORMATION IS CORRECT AND THAT THEY MEET ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE OFFICE FOR WHICH THEY ARE CANDIDATES; TO PROVIDE THAT A CANDIDATE SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT HE OR SHE HAS VOTED OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT HE OR SHE IS SEEKING A NOMINATION TO REPRESENT DURING THE TIME THE CANDIDATE IS REQUIRED TO RESIDE WITHIN SAID BOUNDARIES; TO PROVIDE THE ONLY PROCEDURE IN WHICH A CANDIDATE MAY APPEAL AN ELECTION COMMISSION'S DECISION TO NOT PLACE THE CANDIDATES NAME ON THE BALLOT; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-359, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM THE PROVISIONS OF SPECIAL ELECTIONS THERETO; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-317, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT VACANCIES CAUSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE DUE TO NOT MEETING THE QUALIFICATIONS TO HOLD SAID OFFICE, FROM HAVING THE AUTHORITY TO NOMINATE AN QUALIFIED NOMINEE AS A CANDIDATE FOR SUCH OFFICE; 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 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
ElectionsJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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.