Mississippi House Bill 26 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A New Section To Be Codified As Section 23-15-802, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Restrict The Purposes For Which A Candidate For Public Office May Use Campaign Contributions For A Reason Unrelated To The Candidate's Campaign To Seek Election Or Reelection To An Office; To Prescribe The Persons, Organizations And Legal Entities To Which A Candidate Who Is Finally Elected, Defeated Or Withdraws From An Election Campaign May Disburse Surplus Contributions; To Prescribe Penalties For A Violation Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Campaign contributions; restrict use by candidate for purposes unrelated to election campaign.

Rep. Jessica Upshaw [R]

Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-05		Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0026.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0026IN.htm