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Mississippi · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1585: Municipal general elections; require a run off election if no candidate receives a majority.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1585 is a bill introduced in the Mississippi House on January 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Municipal general elections; require a run off election if no candidate receives a majority. Primary sponsor: Celeste Hurst (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 4, 2025): Died In Committee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Celeste HurstPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse75

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died In Committee
  2. Referred To Elections
  3. Transmitted To Senate
  4. Motion to Reconsider Tabled
  5. Motion to Reconsider Entered (Porter, Sanford, Tullos)
  6. Passed As Amended
  7. Amended
  8. Title Suff Do Pass
  9. Referred To Apportionment and Elections

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source