Mississippi Senate Bill 2502 (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 Amend Section 23-15-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties Of The Circuit Clerk To Include Safe Preservation Of All Ballots And Election Information For A Specified Period; To Repeal Sections 23-15-621 Through 23-15-657, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Absentee Balloting Procedures Law (subarticle A); To Repeal Sections 23-15-711 Through 23-15-721, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Absentee Voter Law (subarticle C); To Repeal Section 23-15-735, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits The Delivery Of Absentee Ballots To Voters In Person; To Amend Section 23-15-751, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-753, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Penalize Parties Responsible For Maintaining The Chain Of Custody Of Ballots And Other Election Materials Who Fail To Do So; To Amend Section 23-15-755, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-391, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Manual Vote Recounting Of Every Election In Which Optical Scanners Are Initially Used; To Amend Section 23-15-613, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-523, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 23-15-545, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 97-13-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Sections 23-15-531 Through 23-15-531.12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorize Conduct Of Elections Using Direct Recording Electronic Voting Equipment; To Create New Section 23-15-615, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Certain Post-election Audits; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-951, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 33-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Declaration Of Emergency Will Have No Effect Upon The Conduct Of Elections; And For Related Purposes.

Elections and election personnel; make certain revisions.

Sen. Kathy Chism [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Elections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
23	15	37	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	391	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	523	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	531	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	545	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	613	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	621	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	623	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	625	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	627	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	629	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	631	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	633	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	635	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	637	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	639	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	641	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	643	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	645	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	649	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	651	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	653	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	657	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	711	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	713	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	715	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	717	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	719	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	721	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	735	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
23	15	751	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	753	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	755	Amended Code	See Bill Text
23	15	951	New Code	See Bill Text
33	15	11	Amended Code	See Bill Text
97	13	43	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2502.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2502IN.htm