Committees · 2020 Regular Session
Elections
Members
As the committee stood at the end of the term. Each name leads to the member's page.
Bills
Bills sent to the committee in the 2020 Regular Session.
Bills sent48
3% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out25%
12 of 48; 36 stopped in committee
Time in committee15 days
most between 12 and 28 days
Amendments offered0
committee amendments
In every session
Each session over its whole term. The 2026 is so far.
202656 bills
reported 25% · typically 10 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 9 members
202562 bills
reported 31% · typically 13 days, most 13–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202453 bills
reported 34% · typically 13 days, most 11–18 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202359 bills
reported 15% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 0 members
202267 bills
reported 18% · typically 12 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
202149 bills
reported 16% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 0 members
202048 bills
reported 25% · typically 15 days, most 12–28 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201934 bills
reported 26% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 0 members
201823 bills
reported 43% · typically 10 days · 0 amendments · 0 members
201728 bills
reported 32% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 0 members
201637 bills
reported 41% · typically 10 days, most 7–11 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201411 bills
reported 64% · too few to say · 0 amendments · 0 members
201327 bills
reported 52% · typically 10 days, most 9–10 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201243 bills
reported 28% · typically 14 days, most 9–15 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201138 bills
reported 45% · typically 19 days, most 17–27 · 0 amendments · 0 members
201048 bills
reported 46% · typically 10 days, most 10–17 · 0 amendments · 0 members
200949 bills
reported 39% · typically 8 days, most 2–9 · 0 amendments · 0 members
200833 bills
reported 36% · typically 13 days, most 6–20 · 0 amendments · 0 members
Bills it was sent
Each time a bill was sent to the committee in the 2020 Regular Session, newest first.
48 bills
House Bill 1314 · Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
Sent May 27, 2020 · Reported out after 12 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 297 · Absentee voting; require votes to be cast electronically in registrar's office or by mail.
Sent May 12, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
House Bill 993 · Elections; provide penalties for persons who publish campaign materials without certain identifying information.
Sent May 12, 2020 · Reported out after 27 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 730 · Municipalities; authorize those of certain size to conduct special elections at one polling place.
Sent May 11, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 29 days
House Bill 824 · Election commissioners; authorize per diem for primary and runoff election days and provide for pandemic pay for election commissioners and poll managers.
Sent May 11, 2020 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 1016 · Unused ballots; provide for the retention and destruction of.
Sent May 11, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 29 days
House Bill 1368 · Armed Services Absentee Voting Law; expand definition of "absent voter" to include those working in federal waters of United States.
Sent May 11, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 29 days
House Bill 1521 · Absentee ballots; revise procedures and timeline for mailing to voter and receiving from voter.
Sent May 11, 2020 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 1523 · Poll managers; remove limitation on additional that election commissioners may appoint.
Sent May 11, 2020 · Reported out after 28 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
Senate Bill 2529 · Municipal annexation; require an election be held in the proposed annexed territory.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2649 · Voting rights; restore to people who have been released from incarceration.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2662 · County and municipal election commissioners; increase per diem compensation for conducting elections.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2663 · Presidential preference primary; change date to the first Tuesday in February.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2664 · Primary and general elections; revise absentee ballot timely casting procedures.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2665 · Early voting; authorize.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2668 · Online voter registration; implement.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2669 · Early voting; authorize for any election up to 21 days before election.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2670 · Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Reported out after 15 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2671 · Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2672 · Early voting; authorize up to 10 days prior to any election.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
28 more
Senate Bill 2673 · Determination of tie vote in legislative elections; tie broken in the house to which candidate is seeking office.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2688 · Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Reported out after 15 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2690 · Voter registration; repeal documentation requirement for naturalized citizens.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Reported out after 15 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2700 · Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his debt to society.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2706 · Municipal elections; impose residency requirements to run for municipal governing authority offices.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2737 · Marking election ballots; delete option of using indelible pencil to mark ballots.
Sent February 17, 2020 · Reported out after 10 days · then passed the Senate, and was vetoed
Senate Bill 2449 · Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Sent February 14, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2450 · Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Sent February 14, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2457 · Fourth Circuit Court District; clarify precinct composition of subdistricts.
Sent February 14, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2458 · Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Sent February 14, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2468 · "Mississippi Recall Act of 2020"; enact.
Sent February 14, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2397 · Public officials holding more than one elected position; prohibit.
Sent February 13, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
Senate Bill 2398 · Poll managers; remove limitation on number which may be appointed by local election commissioners.
Sent February 13, 2020 · Reported out after 14 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2399 · Absentee voting; revise absentee balloting procedures.
Sent February 13, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 19 days
Senate Bill 2237 · Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Sent January 31, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 32 days
Senate Bill 2190 · Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and payment of fines.
Sent January 29, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 34 days
Senate Bill 2170 · Restore the Right to Vote Act; create.
Sent January 27, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 36 days
Senate Bill 2155 · Suffrage; clarify person's right to register and vote following a disenfranchising conviction.
Sent January 24, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 39 days
Senate Bill 2156 · Mississippi Student Absentee Voter Act; enact.
Sent January 24, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 39 days
Senate Bill 2116 · Electioneering; prohibit for all persons in any public area within a set distance of polling place.
Sent January 20, 2020 · Reported out after 38 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2085 · Vacancies in county- or municipal-elected office; liability for payment toward cost of any necessary special election.
Sent January 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 46 days
Senate Bill 2086 · Affidavit ballots; reduce length of time within which certain persons must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption.
Sent January 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 46 days
Senate Bill 2087 · Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Sent January 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 46 days
Senate Bill 2088 · Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.
Sent January 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 46 days
Senate Bill 2105 · Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Sent January 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 46 days
Senate Bill 2108 · Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students.
Sent January 17, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 46 days
Senate Bill 2066 · Armed Services Absentee Voting Law provisions; applicable to Mississippi citizens working on federal navigable waters.
Sent January 16, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 47 days
Senate Bill 2020 · Absentee ballot; require placement in unmarked envelope to ensure ballot secrecy.
Sent January 14, 2020 · Stopped in committee after 49 days