Mississippi House Bill 985 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Repeal Sections 23-15-974 Through 23-15-985, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Nonpartisan Judicial Election Act; To Reenact Sections 23-15-845, 23-15-847, 23-15-971, 23-15-997, 23-15-1013 And 9-9-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Election Of Judges In Party Primaries, And Which Were Repealed In 1994; To Amend Sections 9-4-5, 9-4-15, 9-5-29, 9-5-36, 9-5-50, 9-5-58, 9-7-11, 9-7-27, 9-7-46, 9-7-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Party Nomination Of Judges For A Partisan Election; To Amend Section 23-15-197, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Primary Elections For All Judges; To Amend Section 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Judges To The List Of Candidates Who Shall First Pay A Fee Upon Entering A Race For Party Nominations; To Amend Sections 23-15-359, 23-15-367, 23-15-801, 23-15-807, 23-15-973, 23-15-993, 23-15-995 And 23-15-1015, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

Judicial elections; authorize to be partisan.

Rep. Gary Chism [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0985.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0985IN.htm