2026 Regular Session

House Bill 37

Absentee ballots; authorize executive committees to process for primary elections.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Apportionment and Elections Committee on February 3, 2026.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-523, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE RESOLUTION BOARD, FOR GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS, AND THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AS APPLICABLE, FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS, TO REVIEW ALL BALLOTS THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY THE OMR EQUIPMENT AND THAT ARE DAMAGED OR DEFECTIVE, BLANK OR OVERVOTED; TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-639, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE EXAMINATION AND COUNTING OF ALL ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO BE CONDUCTED BY THE RESOLUTION BOARD IN GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND BY THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AS APPROPRIATE, IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 23-15-573 AND 23-15-597, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Its course

January 7 to February 3, 2026, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 7 to Feb 3 · stopped27 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 House of Representatives Jan 7 – Feb 3

Jan 7Referred to the House committee on Apportionment and Elections
Feb 3Died in committee in the House

All 2 actions, as published

Jan 7Referred To Apportionment and ElectionsHouse of Representatives
Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives