Mississippi Senate Concurrent Resolution 548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on July 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-07-02 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing To Amend The Mississippi Constitution Of 1890 By Amending Section 140 And Repealing Sections 141, 142 And 143 To Provide That The Person Receiving The Majority Of Votes For The Office Of Governor And All State Elected Officials At The General Election Shall Be Declared Elected; To Provide That If No Person Receives A Majority Of The Votes, Then A Runoff Election Shall Be Held Between The Two Persons Receiving The Highest Number Of Votes And To Provide For A Tiebreaker Vote By The Legislature; To Abolish The Requirement That The Governor And All State Elected Officials Be Elected By Vote Of The House Of Representatives If No Person Receives Both A Majority Of The Popular Vote And A Majority Of The Electoral Votes; And For Related Purposes.

Constitution; amend to elect Governor and state elected officials by majority of popular vote with no electoral vote requirement.

Sen. Chris Johnson [R]

Sen. Jennifer Branning [R]

Sen. Robert Jackson [D]

Sen. Sampson Jackson [D]

2020-06-16 - House - House Adopted (Y: 115 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-11 - Senate - Senate Adopted (Y: 49 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-07-02	Senate	Died On Calendar
2020-06-17	House	Returned For Concurrence
2020-06-16	House	Adopted
2020-06-16	House	Amended
2020-06-09	House	Title Suff Adopted As Amended
2020-06-09	House	DR - TSDBAA: AE To CO
2020-06-09	House	DR - TSDBAA: CO To AE
2020-03-17	House	Referred To Constitution;Apportionment and Elections
2020-03-12	Senate	Transmitted To House
2020-03-11	Senate	Adopted
2020-03-11	Senate	Committee Substitute Adopted
2020-02-27	Senate	Title Suff Adopted Comm Sub
2020-02-27	Senate	DR - TSDBACS: CS To EL
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Constitution;Elections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SC/SC0548.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SC/SC0548IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SC/SC0548CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SC/SC0548PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SC/SC0548SG.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/SC0548_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm
Amendment	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/ham/SC0548_H_Amend_02.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/senate/0650031.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/votes/house/1620035.pdf