Mississippi 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 804 — Voter identifications; provide procedure for presenting in municipal elections.

Last action — Approved by Governor

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2018. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

2 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill HB 804 underwent a few changes before being sent to the governor. Two lines were added in its final version, which may introduce new provisions or clarify existing ones. Understanding these changes is important, as they could impact the bill's implementation or the people affected by it.

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HB 804 (As Sent to Governor) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
HB 804 (As Passed the House) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Representative Denny House Bill 804 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT DURING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, AN AFFIDAVIT VOTER WHO IS CASTING AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT BECAUSE THE VOTER IS UNABLE TO PRESENT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION SHALL RETURN TO THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE ELECTION TO PRESENT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION, A MISSISSIPPI VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD, OR TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OF RELIGIOUS OBJECTION IN ORDER TO HAVE HIS OR HER VOTE COUNTED;
Representative Denny House Bill 804 (As Passed the House) AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 23-15-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT DURING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, AN AFFIDAVIT VOTER WHO IS CASTING AN AFFIDAVIT BALLOT BECAUSE THE VOTER IS UNABLE TO PRESENT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION SHALL RETURN TO THE MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICE WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF THE DATE OF THE ELECTION TO PRESENT AN ACCEPTABLE FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION, A MISSISSIPPI VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD, OR TO FILE AN AFFIDAVIT OF RELIGIOUS OBJECTION IN ORDER TO HAVE HIS OR HER VOTE COUNTED;
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Returned For Enrolling

  5. Passed

  6. Title Suff Do Pass

  7. Referred To Elections

  8. Transmitted To Senate

  9. Passed

  10. Title Suff Do Pass

  11. Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Sponsors

  • Denny · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 174 not signed on · 5 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Denny

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (174)

174 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Passage

Passed 43 Yea · 8 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 15001
Democrat 4200
Unaffiliated 24600
Total 43801
% of votes cast 83%15%0%2%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Branning — Yea
Browning — Yea
Burton — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Dawkins — Nay
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jolly — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Nay
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Nay
Yeas--Barnett — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Simmons W. (13th) — Yea
Nays--Blackmon — Nay
Jackson R. (11th) — Nay
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Nay
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Nay
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Nay
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Not Voting
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 103 Yea · 11 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 43000
Unaffiliated 50804
Democrat 9303
Independent 1000
Total 1031107
% of votes cast 85%9%0%6%
How each member voted (121)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Nay
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Yea
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Gipson — Yea
Henley — Yea
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Middleton — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Nay
Patterson — Yea
Perkins — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Staples — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Nay
Touchstone — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Nay
Willis — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Wooten — Yea
Young — Not Voting
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Baker — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Bailey — Nay
Blackmon — Nay
Huddleston (30th) — Nay
Johnson (94th) — Nay
Absent or those Huddleston (15th) — Not Voting
Present--Anderson — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Not Voting
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Nay
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Nay
Joseph Thomas Democrat Not Voting
Kabir Karriem Democrat Nay
Omeria Scott Democrat Not Voting
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Subjects

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HB 804 is sponsored by Denny.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2018. Enacted.
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