Mississippi House Bill 1305 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create New Section 23-15-615, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Audit Election Procedures In The Counties Of The State; To Provide The Information That Each Registrar Shall Be Required To Submit To The Secretary Of State; To Provide When An Audit Shall Be Completed; To Repeal Section 23-15-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That Election Commissions And County And Municipal Executive Committees Shall Report Residual Vote Information To The Secretary Of State; To Create New Sections 23-15-617, 23-15-617.1, 23-15-617.2, 23-15-617.3, 23-15-617.4 And 23-15-617.5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Procedures For A Risk-limiting Audit; To Provide Which Statewide Elections Shall Be Subject To A Risk-limiting Audit; To Provide When A Manual Recount Of Election Results Shall Be Necessary; To Provide When And Where The Results Of A Risk-limiting Audit Shall Be Available; To Create A Pilot Program To Test The Process For Conducting A Risk-limiting Audit Before It Is Fully Implemented; To Amend Section 23-15-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Election Commissioners To Receive A Per Diem Of $100.00 For Conducting An Election Recount; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 23-15-603, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Deadline That Election Commissioners Have For Submitting Information Related To The Election Results When A Manual Election Recount Is Required; To Create New Section 23-15-823, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Candidate Or Elected Official Has Been Restricted By A Social Media Platform, The Company That Operates The Social Media Platform Shall Be Required To Submit A Report Disclosing The Action To The Secretary Of State; To Create New Section 23-15-395, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations For The Review, Certification And Decertification And Implementation Of All Voting Systems; To Create New Section 23-15-152, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Elector Who Fails To Respond To A Confirmation Notice And Who Fails To Vote During A Certain Period Of Time Shall Be Purged From The Statewide Elections Management System; To Provide Definitions For "confirmation Notice" And "fails To Respond To The Confirmation Notice"; To Provide Those Registered Voters Who Shall Receive Confirmation Notices; To Provide That A Registered Voter Who Is Mailed A Confirmation Notice Shall Be Placed On Inactive Status In The Statewide Elections Management System But Shall Be Able To Vote By Affidavit Ballot; To Provide The Time For Removal Of Voter Registration Records; To Provide For The Retention Of Removed Voter Registration Records; To Amend Section 23-15-125, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of.

Rep. Dan Eubanks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	125	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	153	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	5	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	603	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	613	Repealed Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1305.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1305IN.htm