Mississippi House Bill 416 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 21-33-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Procedure For Filing A Written Protest Against The Issuance Of Bonds By The Governing Authority Of A Municipality; To Provide The Form Of The Written Protest Petition; To Require The Municipal Clerk To Verify The Name Of Each Qualified Elector Signing The Petition; To Create A New Section Of Law That Prohibits A Person Who Circulates A Written Protest Petition From Soliciting Signatures In Exchange For Consideration, Within A Certain Distance From A Polling Place, Or By Intentionally Misleading A Qualified Elector About The Substance Of The Petition; To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Municipal petition signatures; revise procedure in which they are obtained.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Rep. Steve Hopkins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-05	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0416.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0416IN.htm