---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; impose residency requirement to run for certain offices."
description: "Elections; impose residency requirement to run for certain offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 2030"
citation: "Mississippi SB 2030 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blackwell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-08T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3674229-7cfa-4e86-8519-2bb475eb1cf3"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/Senate_authors/Blackwell.xml"
source_hash: "bc9194e7e0e1d7a234871bc08e429828e9b588eddabc061cc7c81f6625e4de22"
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 2030 (2019) — Elections; impose residency requirement to run for certain offices.

## 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/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2030IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2030_H_Amend_02.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for Senate Bill No. 2030** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/Amendment_Report_for_SB2030.pdf)
4. **As Passed the upper** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2030PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/pdf/ham/SB2030_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2030SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **36–15** (pass) · upper
- Passage as Amended — **86–25** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From House — **38–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blackwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2019-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To House `introduction`
- **2019-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2019-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From House
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2019-03-29T05:00:00+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/d3674229-7cfa-4e86-8519-2bb475eb1cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).