MS HB1406 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 14 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 - Law W/out Governor's Signature
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 14 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 - Law W/out Governor's Signature
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Provide That For All Absentee Ballots That Are Cast In Person At The Office Of The Registrar, The Absentee Ballot Application And Elector Certificates Shall Be Printed On The Absentee Ballot Envelope; To Provide That A Signature Mismatch Shall Not Be Grounds For Rejecting An Absentee Ballot That Was Cast In Person In The Registrar's Office; To Amend Sections 23-15-633, 23-15-635, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-715, 23-15-719 And 23-15-631, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Methods Of Notification To Be Asked On The Absentee Ballot Application; To Provide For People Who Work On-call And Those Who Are Incarcerated For A Nondisenfranchising Crime To Receive An Absentee Ballot; To Amend Sections 23-15-625, 23-15-713, 23-15-637 And 23-15-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-697, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Returning Mail-in Ballots Using Any Method Other Than By Mail Or Common Carrier; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Absentee voting; revise various provisions of.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-05-03 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 33 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-05-03 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 120 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-29 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 35 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-29 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-09 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-12 - House - House Passed (Y: 115 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-05-03 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 120 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-29 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 35 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-29 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-09 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-12 - House - House Passed (Y: 115 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-14 | Law W/out Governor's Signature | |
| 2024-05-06 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Signed |
| 2024-05-06 | House | Enrolled Bill Signed |
| 2024-05-03 | Senate | Conference Report Adopted |
| 2024-05-03 | House | Conference Report Adopted |
| 2024-05-02 | Senate | Conference Report Filed |
| 2024-05-02 | House | Conference Report Filed |
| 2024-05-01 | Senate | Recommitted For Further Conf |
| 2024-05-01 | Senate | Reconsidered |
| 2024-05-01 | House | Recommitted For Further Conf |
| 2024-05-01 | House | Reconsidered |
| 2024-04-29 | Senate | Conference Report Adopted |
| 2024-04-29 | House | Motion to Reconsider Entered (Sanford, Tullos) |
| 2024-04-29 | House | Conference Report Adopted |
| 2024-04-28 | Senate | Conference Report Filed |
| 2024-04-28 | House | Conference Report Filed |
| 2024-04-18 | Senate | Conferees Named England,Chassaniol,Blount |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Conferees Named Sanford,Tullos,James-Jones |
| 2024-04-16 | House | Decline to Concur/Invite Conf |
| 2024-04-11 | Senate | Returned For Concurrence |
| 2024-04-09 | Senate | Passed As Amended |
| 2024-04-09 | Senate | Amended |
| 2024-04-02 | Senate | Title Suff Do Pass As Amended |
| 2024-03-21 | Senate | Referred To Elections |
| 2024-03-14 | House | Transmitted To Senate |
| 2024-03-12 | House | Passed |
| 2024-03-12 | House | Committee Substitute Adopted |
| 2024-02-29 | House | Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| 2024-02-19 | House | Referred To Apportionment and Elections |
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 15 | 625 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 627 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 631 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 633 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 635 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 637 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 639 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 641 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 697 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 713 | New Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 715 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 719 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
| 23 | 15 | 721 | New Code | See Bill Text |
