HC 14 Mississippi House · 2025 Regular Session

Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements to current congressional districts for initiative petition.

This bill (HC 14) updates Mississippi's constitutional requirement for initiative petitions to amend the state constitution. It changes the rule so that signature limits per congressional district now align with the *current* number of congressional districts, rather than the outdated 1890s district count. Specifically, it ensures signatures from any single district cannot exceed the total required signatures divided by the current number of districts. This directly affects citizens or groups collecting signatures to place constitutional amendments on the ballot, preventing one district from needing disproportionately more signatures than others. The change aims to make the initiative process fairer as Mississippi's congressional districts have been redrawn over time.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Last action Feb 4, 2025