HB 38 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

General election ballot; revise the order of names printed on.

HB 38 changes how candidate names appear on Mississippi general election ballots. It requires that for state and municipal elections, candidates from political parties whose presidential nominees received at least 10% of votes in the previous presidential election be listed first alphabetically by last name. After these candidates, nominees from other qualified parties (those holding primary elections) follow alphabetically, then all other candidates. This affects voters and election officials by altering ballot order, but does not change voting rules or eligibility. The bill specifically applies to statewide, district, and municipal general election ballots.
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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The bill title was updated from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the House', reflecting that the version has been approved by the House of Representatives. This is a procedural change indicating the bill's current status in the legislative process rather than a substantive policy change.
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Updated the bill designation from 'Committee Substitute' to 'As Passed the House' to reflect its current legislative status.

Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

9316
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 119
Feb 5, 2025
D Democratic39
16 Yea 14 Nay 9
41% Yea
I Independent2
1 Yea 1
50% Yea
R Republican78
76 Yea 2 Nay
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

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
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Photo of Becky Currie
Becky Currie
RRepublican
MS
92