Qualifying deadlines; revise certain to be at least 90 days before the election.
HB 207 extends qualification deadlines for several election offices in Mississippi. It revises the deadline for presidential candidates from 60 to 90 days before an election and changes school board trustee and county education board candidate deadlines from 60-90 days to 90-120 days before an election. The bill also adjusts deadlines for special elections to fill vacancies in county, legislative, congressional, and U.S. Senate offices. These changes apply directly to candidates seeking these specific state offices who must file nomination petitions and affidavits by the new extended dates. The bill amends multiple sections of Mississippi Code to implement these timing adjustments.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Mar 4, 2025
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Updated bill version designation from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the House' to reflect procedural status in the 2025 Regular Session.
Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2025
How they voted
113–4
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 119
Feb 5, 2025
D
Democratic39
84% Yea
I
Independent2
100% Yea
R
Republican78
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
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Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred To Elections
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Committee
Referred To Apportionment and Elections
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Price Wallace
RRepublican
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