Mississippi Senate Bill 2281 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Failed on March 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Create Section 23-15-299.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Any Person Who Is A Candidate For Any Public Office From Appearing In Publicly Funded Advertisements During The Year Of The Statewide General Election; To Provide That Those Candidates Who Violate The Prohibition Shall Be Disqualified From Holding Any Public Office Until The Next Statewide General Election; To Amend Sections 23-15-297, 23-15-299, 23-15-359 And 23-15-976, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.

Elections; prohibit candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.

Sen. John Polk [R]	Sen. Billy Hudson [R]	Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]	Sen. Nancy Adams Collins [R]
Sen. Angela Burks Hill [R]	Sen. Chris McDaniel [R]	Sen. Melanie Sojourner [R]	Sen. Michael Watson [R]

2014-02-12 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 45 N: 5 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-02-17	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections
2014-02-14	Senate	Transmitted To House
2014-02-12	Senate	Passed As Amended
2014-02-12	Senate	Amended
2014-01-29	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2014-01-17	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2281.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2281IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2200-2299/SB2281PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/votes/senate/0370004.pdf