Mississippi Senate Bill 2521 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 23-17-1, 23-17-3, 23-17-5, 23-17-8, 23-17-9, 23-17-11, 23-17-17, 23-17-19, 23-17-21, 23-17-29, 23-17-35, 23-17-37, 23-17-39, 23-17-42, 23-17-43 And 23-17-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Initiative Measure Process To Provide That Amendments To The Mississippi Constitution May Only Be Proposed By The Legislature, But That The People Shall Have The Right To Propose New Laws And To Amend Or Repeal Existing Laws By Initiative, And To Approve Or Reject The Same In An Election Independent Of The Legislature; To Create New Section 23-17-4, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Secretary Of State Shall Submit Any Proposed Initiative Measure That It Receives To The Chief Legislative Budget Officer For The Preparation Of A Fiscal Analysis; To Create New Section 23-17-20, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Duties Of A Petition Circulator; To Repeal Sections 23-17-31 And 23-17-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For A Legislative Alternative To An Initiative Measure; To Bring Forward Section 23-17-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Ballot initiative measure process; revise the statutory provisions of.

Sen. Tyler McCaughn [R]

Sen. Nicole Boyd [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2024-02-16	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency;Constitution

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	17	1	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	17	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	19	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	21	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	29	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	3	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	31	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	17	33	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	17	35	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	37	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	39	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	42	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	43	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	45	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	5	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	60	New Code	See Bill Text
23	17	8	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	17	9	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/SB/SB2521.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2521IN.htm