republic-os/legislation/us/states/ms/2025/hb-291.md

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Bill	County and county district officers; require to have runoff election if no candidate receives majority after general election.	County and county district officers; require to have runoff election if no candidate receives majority after general election.	us/states/ms	Mississippi Legislature	2025	HB 291	Mississippi HB 291 (2025)	bill	Apportionment and Elections Elections	enacted	Sanford	5	15	3	2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00	2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/d5d9ba73-2452-49e6-a679-93c0344ac41d	http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/House_authors/Sanford.xml	387a38e102efd9935910c993c8de973f54c178c074680a0e598b5f0abaa49797	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ms

Mississippi HB 291 (2025) — County and county district officers; require to have runoff election if no candidate receives majority after general election.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Introduced (filed) — source
2. Amendment Report for House Bill No. 291 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Passed the lower (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote) (committee substitute) — source
5. Current version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — 112–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 95–13 (pass) · lower
• Passage as Amended — 41–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sanford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Apportionment and Elections referral-committee
• 2025-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass committee-passage
• 2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Passed passage
• 2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Transmitted To Senate introduction
• 2025-02-14T06:00:00+00:00 Referred To Elections referral-committee
• 2025-02-27T06:00:00+00:00 Title Suff Do Pass As Amended committee-passage
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Amended amendment-passage
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Passed As Amended passage
• 2025-03-06T06:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Entered
• 2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Motion to Reconsider Tabled
• 2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00 Returned For Concurrence
• 2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Concurred in Amend From Senate
• 2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2025-03-17T05:00:00+00:00 Enrolled Bill Signed
• 2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00 Approved by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5d9ba73-2452-49e6-a679-93c0344ac41d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).