Mississippi Senate Bill 2030 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 29 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-29 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That Any Candidate For A Municipal, County Or County District Office Shall Be A Resident Of The Municipality, County Or County District That He Or She Seeks To Represent For Two Years Immediately Preceding The Election Day; To Provide An Exemption From The Residency Requirement For Candidates From Municipalities With A Certain Population; To Amend Sections 65-1-3 And 25-31-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Candidate For The Offices Of Transportation Commissioner And District Attorney Shall Be A Resident Of The State District That He Or She Seeks To Represent For Five Years Immediately Preceding The Election Day; To Amend Section 69-1-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Candidate For The Office Of Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce Shall Be A Resident Of The State For Five Years Immediately Preceding The Election Day; And For Related Purposes.

Elections; impose residency requirement to run for certain offices.

Sen. Kevin Blackwell [R]

2019-03-19 - Senate - Senate Concurred in Amend From House (Y: 38 N: 11 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-03-12 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 86 N: 25 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - Senate - Senate Passed (Y: 36 N: 15 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-29		Approved by Governor
2019-03-26	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2019-03-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2019-03-19	Senate	Concurred in Amend From House
2019-03-14	House	Returned For Concurrence
2019-03-12	House	Passed As Amended
2019-03-12	House	Amended
2019-03-04	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2019-02-19	House	Referred To Apportionment and Elections
2019-02-08	Senate	Transmitted To House
2019-02-07	Senate	Passed
2019-01-31	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass
2019-01-08	Senate	Referred To Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2030.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2030IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2030PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2030SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/ham/SB2030_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/ham/SB2030_H_Amend_02.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/votes/senate/0310041.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/votes/house/0640034.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/votes/senate/0710037.pdf