Mississippi House Bill 1276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-193, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Officers That Receive A Majority Of Votes Cast For The Office At The General Election Shall Be Elected, But If No Candidate Receives A Majority Number Of Votes Cast At The Election, Then The Two Candidates Who Receive The Highest Number Of Votes Cast Shall Have Their Names Placed On The Ballot For The Runoff Election To Be Held Three Weeks Later; To Amend Sections 23-15-603 And 7-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

State officers; provide for a runoff election for.

Rep. Brent Powell [R]

2023-03-07 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 51 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-09 - House - House Passed (Y: 75 N: 39 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Approved by Governor
2023-03-14	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2023-03-14	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2023-03-08	Senate	Returned For Enrolling
2023-03-07	Senate	Passed
2023-02-27	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2023-02-13	Senate	Referred To Elections
2023-02-10	House	Transmitted To Senate
2023-02-09	House	Passed
2023-02-08	House	Tabled Subject To Call
2023-02-08	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2023-02-07	House	Read the Third Time
2023-01-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	193	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	603	Amended Code	See Bill Text
7	3	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1276.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1276IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1276CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1276PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1276SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/house/0380006.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/votes/senate/0640025.pdf