QUICKTHREAD: Three bills in the #MSleg would have preserved Mississippi's initiative process, and all three died. 1/
My favorite is @LeeYanceyMS's HC 3,* which would have changed the signature-collection framework to automatically adjust to the number of Congressional districts Mississippi has at any time.
*billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/histo… 2/
*billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/histo… 2/
Speaker @PhilipGunnMS referred Yancey's bill to the MS House constitution committee, where it died.
I infer that @FredShanks, who chairs the committee, killed Yancey's bill by not bringing it to a vote before the committee. 3/
I infer that @FredShanks, who chairs the committee, killed Yancey's bill by not bringing it to a vote before the committee. 3/
As for the senate, @angelabhill1 and @chrisj1600 introduced SC 501* and SC 525,** respectively.
*billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/histo…
**billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/histo… 4/
*billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/histo…
**billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/histo… 4/
Both Senate bills would have updated the signature-collection framework to accommodate Mississippi's current 4-district map.
However, both Senate bills would have also made unrelated changes to Mississippi's initiative process to make the initiative process harder. 5/
However, both Senate bills would have also made unrelated changes to Mississippi's initiative process to make the initiative process harder. 5/
The Senate constitution committee (which Johnson chairs) passed a committee substitute to Hill's bill, which died on the Senate calendar.
I infer that @DelbertHosemann killed that bill. 6/
I infer that @DelbertHosemann killed that bill. 6/
I put bills going back further in this thread: 7/
https://twitter.com/jallen1985/status/1393709279866150915
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