Mississippi Senate Bill 2637 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide Procedures By Which Qualified Electors Of This State May Initiate Proposed Amendments To The Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Be Approved By The Electorate At The Next Statewide General Election; To Provide For The Manner And Time For Filing Initiative Petitions With The Secretary Of State; To Prescribe The Duties And Powers Of The Secretary Of State With Regard To Receiving, Filing And Certifying Initiative Measures And Petitions; To Prescribe The Form Of Initiative Petitions And The Forms Of Such Measures For The Ballots; To Authorize Appeals From Adverse Findings Of The Secretary Of State Regarding Initiative Measures And Petitions; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Certain Conduct Prescribed As Unlawful Under The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.

Sen. David Blount [D]	Sen. Robert Jackson [D]	Sen. Derrick Simmons [D]	Sen. Rod Hickman [D]
Sen. Hillman Frazier [D]	Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]	Sen. Angela Turner-Ford [D]	Sen. David Jordan [D]
Sen. Kelvin Butler [D]	Sen. Joseph Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2637.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2637IN.htm