Mississippi House Bill 1309 (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 The Election Integrity Act; To Create New Section 23-15-622, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Registrar Shall Not Send Or Receive Any Ballot For Any Election By Mail Except As Provided In The Armed Services Absentee Voting Law; To Amend Sections 23-15-645, 23-15-511, 23-15-637, 23-15-719, 23-15-715, 23-15-625 And 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Repeal Sections 23-15-647, 23-15-721, 23-15-733, 23-15-629, 23-15-641, 23-15-731 And 23-15-631, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For Absentee Voting By Mail; To Create A New Section Of Law To Provide That Direct Recording Electronic (dre) Units Or Any Other Electronic Devices Used To Conduct Elections Are Prohibited; To Provide That Until The Election Officials Of Such Precinct Are Authorized To Apply For A Grant Under The Mississippi Voting Modernization Act, They Shall Conduct Elections At Their Precinct Using Paper Ballots; To Provide That Election Officials Charged With Conducting Elections Shall, Within Thirty Days After An Election, Hand Count All Ballots Voted In That Precinct If The Ballots Were Voted And Then Scanned Into Optical Mark Reading (omr) Equipment Or Other Such Electronic Scanning Device; To Create A New Section Of Law To Provide That In Addition To The Ballot Box And Ballot Security Measures Prescribed In Law, The Secretary Of State Shall Establish, By Rule Or Regulation, A Detailed Chain Of Custody For The Handling Of All Ballots For Every Election; To Provide That Any Election Official That Fails To Follow The Chain Of Custody Procedures Established By The Secretary Of State Shall Be Subject To Civil Or Criminal Penalties, Or Both; 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 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 A New Section Of Law To Provide That Under No Circumstance Of Any Kind Shall An Emergency Declaration Within The State Have Any Effect Upon The Election Laws Or Procedures Or Manner Of Execution, Or Upon The Dates Or Schedules Of Any Portion Thereof, Without The Approval Of Two-thirds Of The Members Of Each House Of The Legislature Before The Commencement Of In-person Voting; And For Related Purposes.

Election Integrity Act; create.

Rep. Dana Criswell [R]

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

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	153	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	511	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	603	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	613	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	625	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	627	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	629	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	631	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	637	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	641	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	645	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	647	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	715	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	719	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	721	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	731	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	733	Repealed Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB1309.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1309IN.htm