l9n/ Mississippi

2025 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2649

Elections; penalty for individuals who assist electors with ballot, but willfully fail to turn in ballot.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and 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 SECTION 97-13-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR SOMEONE WHO ASSISTS AN ELECTOR WITH CASTING A BALLOT, BUT WILLFULLY FAILS TO TURN IN THE BALLOT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BALLOT NOT BEING CAST OR COUNTED IN THE ELECTION; 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

1 co-sponsor

Rod Hickman

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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 20 to Feb 718 days

ElectionsJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Mar 4 · stopped25 days

Apportionment and ElectionsFeb 13 to Mar 4 · stopped19 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 7

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Elections
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 10 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 10Sent to the House
  2. Feb 13Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To ElectionsSenate
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 7PassedSenate
  5. Feb 10Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 13Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives