Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

House Constitution Committee

As of 04/30/02 at 14:36

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HB 399  Constitution; delete requirement for explanatory          Bowles
        statement of proposed amendment on ballot.             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   1  Amend Constitution; establish time limit on issuing       Reeves
        decisions in the Supreme Court and Appeals Court.      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   2  Amend Constitution; allow 10-2 verdict in certain         Ketchings
        criminal cases.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   3  Amend Constitution; felon or person having served term    Ketchings
        of imprisonment disqualified as elector.               
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   4  Amend Constitution; felony conviction or imprisonment     Ketchings
        to result in loss of suffrage; suffrage restored upon  
        completion of sentence.                                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   5  Amend constitution; require majority vote only for bill   Formby
        reducing taxes.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   6  Amend Constitution; reconstitute membership of State      Flaggs
        College Board according to most recent census.         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   7  Amend Constitution; reconstitute State College Board      Guice
        according to most recent census for eight-year terms.  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   8  Amend Constitution; reconstitute State College Board      Davis
        according to most recent census with alumni from each  
        institution.                                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC   9  Amend Constitution; abolish IHL Board; establish          Fleming
        separate boards for each institution.                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  10  Amend Constitution; restore suffrage of offenders of      Fleming
        nonviolent crimes upon completion of sentence.         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  11  Amend Constitution; establish IHL Board members' terms    Fleming
        of office concurrent with appointing Governor.         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  19  Amend Constitution; require members of county boards of   Markham
        supervisors to have high school diploma or GED.        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  20  Amend Constitution; prohibit persons convicted of any     Chism
        felony from voting.                                    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  22  Amend Constitution; homeowner may purchase up to five     Taylor
        acres of sixteenth section land.                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  23  Amend Constitution; delete requirement that legislative   Cameron
        bills be read.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  29  Amend Constitution; Governor elected by majority of       Martinson
        popular vote; require runoff if no majority; abolish   
        electoral votes.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  30  Amend Constitution; require majority vote only for bill   Denny
        reducing taxes.                                        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  31  Amend constitution; felon disqualified as an elector.     Denny
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  34  Amend Constitution; reconstitute State College Board      Frierson
        based on Supreme Court districts.                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  35  Amend Constitution; authorize sale of sixteenth section   Moak
        land to certain veterans.                              
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  36  Amend Constitution; revise type of offenses that          Rotenberry
        disqualify a person as an elector.                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  37  Amend Constitution; require elections on municipal        Robinson (84th)
        annexations.                                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  38  Amend Constitution; reconstitute makeup of IHL Board.     Pierce
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  40  Amend Constitution; Supreme Court Judges to be            McBride
        appointed.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  41  Amend Constitution; bail prohibited for trafficking in    McBride
        controlled substances.                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  42  Amend Constitution; Constitution not construed as         Fillingane
        granting right to have abortion.                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  43  Amend Constitution; lower number of signatures and vote   Fillingane
        requirements for initiative petitions and measures.    
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  44  Amend Constitution; require period of quiet reflection,   Pierce
        voluntary prayer or meditation at beginning of each    
        public school day.                                     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  46  Amend Constitution; revise terms of chancellors and       Watson
        circuit court judges.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  47  Amend Constitution; delete provisions providing for       Watson
        State Librarian to be chosen by Legislature.           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  48  Amend Constitution; require enactment of legislation      Moss
        protecting wildlife.                                   
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  49  Amend Constitution; Governor elected by majority of       Snowden
        popular vote; require runoff if no majority; abolish   
        electoral votes.                                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  51  Amend Constitution; revise time for electing statewide,   Fleming
        legislative and county officials.                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  52  Amend Constitution; raise educational requirements for    Watson
 *      justice court judges and extend terms.                 
           02/13 (H) Failed
HC  53  Amend Constitution; authorize counties and                Denny
        municipalities to consolidate.                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  54  Amend Constitution; restore suffrage to persons           Harrison
        convicted of certain offenses upon completing          
        sentences.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  55  Amend Constitution, place tobacco fund settlement in      Flaggs
        trust fund.                                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  56  Amend Constitution; prohibit title to condemned           Chism
        property from being conveyed to private person.        
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  57  Amend Constitution; reconstitute membership of the IHL    West
        Board.                                                 
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  58  Amend Constitution; require Legislature to establish a    Evans
        Mississippi Department of Labor.                       
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  59  Amend Constitution; merge educational boards into         Peranich
        single governing board for kindergarten-graduate       
        education.                                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  60  Amend Constitution; offender released from prison will    West
        automatically have suffrage restored.                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  61  Suffrage; first-time offender who loses franchise does    Banks
        not have to pay income tax.                            
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  62  Suffrage; restore automatically for first felony          Banks
        conviction upon completion of sentence.                
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  63  Amend Constitution; increase terms of chancellors and     Reynolds
        circuit court judges.                                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  65  Amend Constitution; place state elections in even year    Snowden
        with no presidential election.                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  66  Amend Constitution; authorize metropolitan government.    Snowden
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  67  Amend constitution; appoint Supreme Court judges.         Snowden
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  68  Amend Constitution; reconstitute IHL Board.               Stringer
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  69  Amend Constitution; reconstitute State College Board      Lott
        based on Supreme Court districts with alumni from each 
        institution.                                           
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  70  Amend Constitution; elect State Superintendent of         Moore (60th)
        Public Education.                                      
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  71  Amend Constitution; remove requirement that trial         Moore (60th)
        judges shall be attorneys.                             
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  73  Amend Constitution; delete requirement that legislative   Chism
        bills be read.                                         
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  74  Amend Constitution; reestablish as official state flag    Chism
        that flag established by Chapter 37, Laws of 1894.     
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
HC  75  Amend Constitution; public housing tenant may serve on    Myers
        governing board of housing authority.                  
           02/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 505  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Fund.                                                  
           03/05 (H) Died In Committee
SC 522  Appointments to IHL to be from new Mississippi            Little
 *      congressional districts; amend Constitution to provide 
        for.                                                   
           04/05 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 543  Constitution 153; increase circuit and chancery judge     Tollison
 *      terms.                                                 
           04/03 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

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