Mississippi House Bill 1406

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 14 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-05-14 - Law W/out Governor's Signature
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That For All Absentee Ballots That Are Cast In Person At The Office Of The Registrar, The Absentee Ballot Application And Elector Certificates Shall Be Printed On The Absentee Ballot Envelope; To Provide That A Signature Mismatch Shall Not Be Grounds For Rejecting An Absentee Ballot That Was Cast In Person In The Registrar's Office; To Amend Sections 23-15-633, 23-15-635, 23-15-639, 23-15-641, 23-15-715, 23-15-719 And 23-15-631, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Certain Methods Of Notification To Be Asked On The Absentee Ballot Application; To Provide For People Who Work On-call And Those Who Are Incarcerated For A Nondisenfranchising Crime To Receive An Absentee Ballot; To Amend Sections 23-15-625, 23-15-713, 23-15-637 And 23-15-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-697, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Returning Mail-in Ballots Using Any Method Other Than By Mail Or Common Carrier; And For Related Purposes.

Absentee voting; revise various provisions of.

Rep. Mark Tullos [R]

Rep. Jeffrey Hulum [D]

2024-05-03 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 33 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-05-03 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 120 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-29 - Senate - Senate Conference Report Adopted (Y: 35 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-29 - House - House Conference Report Adopted (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-04-09 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-12 - House - House Passed (Y: 115 N: 1 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-05-14		Law W/out Governor's Signature
2024-05-06	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2024-05-06	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2024-05-03	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2024-05-03	House	Conference Report Adopted
2024-05-02	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2024-05-02	House	Conference Report Filed
2024-05-01	Senate	Recommitted For Further Conf
2024-05-01	Senate	Reconsidered
2024-05-01	House	Recommitted For Further Conf
2024-05-01	House	Reconsidered
2024-04-29	Senate	Conference Report Adopted
2024-04-29	House	Motion to Reconsider Entered (Sanford, Tullos)
2024-04-29	House	Conference Report Adopted
2024-04-28	Senate	Conference Report Filed
2024-04-28	House	Conference Report Filed
2024-04-18	Senate	Conferees Named England,Chassaniol,Blount
2024-04-16	House	Conferees Named Sanford,Tullos,James-Jones
2024-04-16	House	Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
2024-04-11	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2024-04-09	Senate	Passed As Amended
2024-04-09	Senate	Amended
2024-04-02	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2024-03-21	Senate	Referred To Elections
2024-03-14	House	Transmitted To Senate
2024-03-12	House	Passed
2024-03-12	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2024-02-29	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	625	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	627	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	631	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	633	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	635	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	637	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	639	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	641	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	697	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	713	New Code	See Bill Text
23	15	715	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	719	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	721	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1406.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1406SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/sam/HB1406_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Supplement	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/cr/HB1406CR.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/house/0710008.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/senate/0990058.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/house/1190002.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/senate/1190013.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/house/1230013.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/votes/senate/1230014.pdf