Mississippi Senate Bill 2590 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Codify Section 23-15-153.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Secretary Of State To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding To Compare The Statewide Elections Management System (sems) With Public Records To Ensure Non-united States Citizens Are Not Registered To Vote In This State, To Provide That If Evidence Exists That A Particular Registered Voter Is Not A Citizen, The System Shall Notify The Registrar Who Shall Notify The Registered Voter To Provide Proof Of Citizenship, To Prescribe Criteria For Proof Of Citizenship, To Provide That If The Voter Does Not Provide Such Proof, The Registrar Shall Purge His Name From The System, To Provide For An Appeal From Such Decision, And To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Implement This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Secretary of State Statewide Elections Management System; provide for voter's proof of citizenship.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	Senate	Referred To Elections;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/SB/SB2590.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2590IN.htm