---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections; revise certain provisions about names of candidates appearing on the ballot, judicial candidate's annual report and fraudulent absentee voter applications."
description: "Elections; revise certain provisions about names of candidates appearing on the ballot, judicial candidate's annual report and fraudulent absentee voter applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1306"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1306 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apportionment and Elections", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eubanks"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d813627c-de01-459f-99c9-7a2987cc9a76"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Eubanks.xml"
source_hash: "2e77c40acda031a1580b5877806ec6d75117573b62e21f67fef04ca0c1845f8c"
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 1306 (2023) — Elections; revise certain provisions about names of candidates appearing on the ballot, judicial candidate's annual report and fraudulent absentee voter applications.

## 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/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1306IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1306_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1306.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1306PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB1306_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1306SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **101–14** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **73–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eubanks — primary (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Apportionment and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2023-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Entered (Clark, Wallace, Eubanks)
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-28T05:00:00+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/d813627c-de01-459f-99c9-7a2987cc9a76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).