Committees · 2021 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 2021 Regular Session.
Bills sent49
3% of the bills the Senate sent to committees
Reported out16%
8 of 49; 41 stopped in committee
Time in committeetoo few to say
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 2021 Regular Session, newest first.
49 bills
House Bill 195 · Municipalities; authorize those of certain size to conduct special elections at one polling place.
Sent February 22, 2021 · Reported out after 8 days · did not pass the Senate
House Bill 1048 · Qualification deadline; change to February 1 for certain statewide, state district, county and county district offices.
Sent February 22, 2021 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the Senate, and became law
House Bill 718 · Campaign finance reports; require those filed by all candidates to be available online.
Sent February 16, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 14 days
Senate Bill 2589 · Municipal executive committees; require county executive committee to appoint.
Sent February 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 0 days
Senate Bill 2549 · Election results; prohibit the release of the number of votes cast for the Office of President of the United States.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2555 · Municipal annexation; require an election be held in the proposed annexation territory.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2562 · Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2563 · Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2570 · Early voting; authorize.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2571 · Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2575 · Online voter registration; implement.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2576 · Create a system to restore voting rights for people who have served their sentence.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2577 · Mississippi Election Reform Act of 2021; enact.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2582 · Candidate entry fees; authorize parties to determine.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2587 · Absentee ballots; authorize registrar to alphabetize and sort by precinct.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2588 · Statewide Elections Management System; remove electors who fail to respond to notice.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 8 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2589 · Municipal executive committees; require county executive committee to appoint.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 14 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2590 · Political parties; require interim officers for registration purposes.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 14 days · did not pass the Senate
Senate Bill 2591 · Election Commissioners; revise to be a nonpartisan office.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2592 · Absentee ballot; revise application form.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Reported out after 14 days · did not pass the Senate
29 more
Senate Bill 2593 · Electioneering; prohibit in any public area within a set distance of polling place.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2594 · Early voting; authorize up to 21 days before any election.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2599 · Voting rights; restore to people who have been released from incarceration.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2600 · Online voter registration; implement.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2796 · Absentee voting; authorize the registrar to notify voter of provisional rejection.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2817 · Public Employees' Retirement System; county and municipal election commissioners shall be members of.
Sent January 18, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 15 days
Senate Bill 2356 · Absentee ballots; authorize electronic in-person voting.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2358 · Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2359 · Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2361 · Restore the Right to Vote Act; create.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2368 · Early voting; authorize up to 10 days prior to any election.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2369 · Mississippi Recall Act of 2021; enact.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2385 · Absentee ballot; require placement in unmarked envelope to ensure ballot secrecy.
Sent January 15, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 18 days
Senate Bill 2274 · Suffrage; clarify person's right to register and vote following a disenfranchising conviction.
Sent January 12, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 21 days
Senate Bill 2231 · Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
Senate Bill 2254 · Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
Senate Bill 2255 · Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his or her debt to society.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
Senate Bill 2256 · Voting; require printed record of each vote.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
Senate Bill 2257 · Elections; public official's qualification as candidate deemed resignation of current office.
Sent January 11, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 22 days
Senate Bill 2102 · Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
Senate Bill 2108 · Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
Senate Bill 2113 · Voting equipment; require certification by the United States Election Assistance Commission.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Reported out after 18 days · then passed the Senate, and not the House of Representatives
Senate Bill 2118 · Mississippi Student Absentee Voter Act; enact.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
Senate Bill 2128 · Vote fraud; increase penalties.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
Senate Bill 2140 · Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students.
Sent January 8, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 25 days
Senate Bill 2014 · Affidavit ballots; reduce length of time within which certain persons must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
Senate Bill 2015 · Online voter registration; revise to allow for first-time voters to register through.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
Senate Bill 2016 · Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 28 days
Senate Bill 2017 · Marking election ballots; delete option of using indelible pencil to mark ballots.
Sent January 5, 2021 · Stopped in committee after 28 days