Mississippi House Bill 1368 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-977, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Procedures To Be Followed If Only One Person Has Qualified As A Candidate For A Judicial Office And That Person Dies, Resigns Or Is Otherwise Disqualified From Holding That Office Before The General Election; To Amend Section 23-15-365, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Nonpartisan Judicial Elections From The Provision Of Law Regulating Write-in Ballots Under Certain Conditions; To Amend Section 23-15-833, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 23-15-849, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise How Vacancies For Circuit And Chancery Court Judges Are Filled; And For Related Purposes.

Judicial elections; revise how vacancy is filled when only one person qualifies.

Rep. Toby Barker [R]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]	Rep. Harvey Fillingane [R]	Rep. Andy Gipson [R]
Rep. Bill Pigott [R]	Rep. Bobby Shows [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-01		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1368.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1368IN.htm