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legislation/us/states/ms/2020/hb-1523.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Poll managers; remove limitation on additional that election commissioners may appoint."
+description: "Poll managers; remove limitation on additional that election commissioners may appoint."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1523"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 1523 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beckett"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f59164e-2e2c-4a2f-ba89-7ac15ae4e526"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/House_authors/Anthony.xml"
+source_hash: "1ca20556c093d8f24ac9a278c9b4d18061ad8f4f2c476b7a8413e21a63944272"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 1523 (2020) — Poll managers; remove limitation on additional that election commissioners may appoint.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523IN.htm)
+2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523PS.htm)
+3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **117–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beckett — primary (person)
+- Anthony — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2020-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2020-05-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2020-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2020-06-12T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
+- **2020-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2020-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f59164e-2e2c-4a2f-ba89-7ac15ae4e526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
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