HB 172 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

County and municipal executive committee agreements; revise.

HB 172 amends Mississippi election law to require that when a county or municipal executive committee delegates *all* of its election duties to the circuit clerk, county election commission, municipal clerk, or municipal election commission, the clerk or commission must formally enter into a written agreement. This affects county and municipal election officials who choose to transfer their responsibilities for election administration. The key mechanism mandates that the clerk or commission must sign the agreement if the committee authorizes full delegation, rather than allowing the committee to propose it unilaterally. The bill does not change the election duties themselves but clarifies the process for formalizing such delegations.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Last action Mar 4, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Introduced Current version · 8 edits
MODERATE
This bill expands Mississippi's election administration by allowing county and municipal executive committees to enter written agreements with clerks or election commissions to perform all their duties. It adds new provisions for poll manager training compensation, establishes certification requirements for poll managers, and creates per diem payments for election commissioners based on county population size. The bill also updates eligibility criteria for executive committees to enter agreements and clarifies ballot ordering requirements.
Scope change
Expanded from county-level to include municipal executive committees and broadened the scope of duties that can be delegated to clerks and election commissions.
ELIGIBILITY

Added municipal executive committees as eligible entities to enter written agreements with municipal clerks or election commissions.

Updated eligibility criteria for executive committees to enter agreements, requiring political parties to meet specific vote thresholds in gubernatorial elections.

FISCAL

Established poll manager training compensation at federal minimum wage up to $20.00 per hour, capped at 16 hours.

REQUIREMENT

Created new poll manager certification requirement requiring completion of online training and skills assessments at least 5 days before elections.

Added per diem payments for election commissioners ranging from $110 per day based on county population size.

Added requirement that at least one certified poll manager must be appointed for each polling place during general elections.

Added notice requirements for training sessions including posting at courthouse and newspaper publication 5 days before training.

SCOPE

Expanded delegation authority to allow clerks and commissions to perform all duties of executive committees when agreed upon.

Floor votes · House Feb 5, 2025

How they voted

1170
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 119
Feb 5, 2025
D Democratic39
38 Yea 1
97% Yea
I Independent2
2 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican78
77 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
Referred To Elections
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
Transmitted To Senate
lower
Feb 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Title Suff Do Pass
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Committee
Referred To Apportionment and Elections
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Noah Sanford
Noah Sanford
RRepublican
MS
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