Mississippi House Bill 301 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 23-15-193, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For Elected State, District And County Officials To The First Saturday After The First Monday In November; To Amend Section 9-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For County Judges To The First Saturday After The First Monday In November; To Amend Section 19-31-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For Members Of The Board Of Directors For A Public Improvement District To The First Saturday After The First Monday In November; To Amend Section 21-8-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For Mayors And Council Members For A Municipality Operating Under A Mayor-council Form Of Government To The First Saturday After The First Monday In November; To Amend Section 23-15-171, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Municipal Primaries To The First Saturday In May; To Amend Section 23-15-173, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of A General Municipal Election To The First Saturday After The First Monday In June; To Amend Section 23-15-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of The First Primaries To The First Saturday After The First Monday In August; To Amend Sections 23-15-637 And 23-15-715, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Time For Casting An Absentee Ballot To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 23-15-833, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of The Regular Special Election To The First Saturday After The First Monday In November Of Each Year; To Amend Section 23-15-1031, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of The First Primary Election For Congressmen To The First Saturday In June Of The Years In Which Congressmen Are Elected; To Amend Section 37-5-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For County Boards Of Education To The First Saturday After The First Monday In May; To Amend Section 37-7-207, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For School Board Trustees To The First Saturday After The First Monday In May; To Amend Sections 37-7-215, 37-7-223 And 37-7-227, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For School Board Trustees To The First Saturday After The First Monday In November; To Amend Section 65-1-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change The Day Of Election For Members Of The State Highway Commission To The First Saturday After The First Monday In May; To Bring Forward Section 9-4-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

General election; change day of to Saturday.

Rep. Tom Miles [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-12	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections;Constitution

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0301.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0301IN.htm