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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Runoff elections; amend to lengthen the timing requirement."
+description: "Runoff elections; amend to lengthen the timing requirement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 2144"
+citation: "Mississippi SB 2144 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["England"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2024-05-13T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8135821-05e0-4ce0-9dc1-9fbc1f59b98e"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/Senate_authors/England.xml"
+source_hash: "ba0fc539c3abc7988746ac8631145bf09cda091f403a08c3ded02e130c6aad3c"
+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 SB 2144 (2024) — Runoff elections; amend to lengthen the timing requirement.
+
+## 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/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2144IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2144.pdf)
+3. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2144PS.htm)
+4. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/pdf/ham/SB2144_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
+5. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2144CS.htm)
+6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2144SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **50–1** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **118–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage as Amended — **108–3** (pass) · lower
+- Adopt Conference Report — **6–46** (fail) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **109–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Committee Substitute Adopted `substitution`
+- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2024-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
+- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2024-04-10T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2024-04-12T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named England,Fillingane,Tate
+- **2024-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Sanford,Tullos,Wallace
+- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2024-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2024-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Failed
+- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
+- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
+- **2024-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered
+- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Reconsidered
+- **2024-04-30T05:00:00+00:00** Recommitted For Further Conf
+- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2024-05-01T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2024-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2024-05-06T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2024-05-13T05:00:00+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/b8135821-05e0-4ce0-9dc1-9fbc1f59b98e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+