# Mississippi HB 291: County and county district officers; require to have runoff election if no candidate receives majority after general election.

Mississippi HB 291, County and county district officers; require to have runoff election if no candidate receives majority after general election., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Noah Sanford (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-03-24 (Approved by Governor) (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB291-2025
- As of: 2026-10-27
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Mississippi HB 291
- State: Mississippi
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: County and county district officers; require to have runoff election if no candidate receives majority after general election.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-10
- Last action: 2025-03-24, Approved by Governor
- Sponsor: Noah Sanford (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Apportionment and Elections, Elections
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (248 yes, 17 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Noah Sanford (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Concurred in Amend From Senate | pass | 112 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025-03-06 | Senate | Passed As Amended | pass | 41 | 2 | 7 |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Passed | pass | 95 | 13 | 5 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-03-24: Approved by Governor (legislature)
- 2025-03-17: Enrolled Bill Signed (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Enrolled Bill Signed (House)
- 2025-03-13: Concurred in Amend From Senate (House)
- 2025-03-11: Returned For Concurrence (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Motion to Reconsider Tabled (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Motion to Reconsider Entered (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Passed As Amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Title Suff Do Pass As Amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Referred To Elections (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Transmitted To Senate (House)
- 2025-02-11: Passed (House)
- 2025-01-30: Title Suff Do Pass (House)
- 2025-01-10: Referred To Apportionment and Elections (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0291IN.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/HB/0200-0299/HB0291IN.pdf)
- As Passed: [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0291PS.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/HB/0200-0299/HB0291PS.pdf)
- Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted): [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/sam/HB0291_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB0291_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
- Enrolled: [HTML](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0291SG.htm), [PDF](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/HB/0200-0299/HB0291SG.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 2517: "MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Agent Act"; bring forward. (signed)
- HB 856: Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to. (signed)
- HB 1341: MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incentives. (signed)
- HB 1509: District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circuit courts. (signed)
- HB 1174: Public adjusters licensure; revise provisions related to. (signed)
- HB 602: Crawfish and seafood; provide country of origin labeling requirements for. (signed)

## Sources
- [As Introduced (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0291IN.htm)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/HB/0200-0299/HB0291IN.pdf)
- [As Passed (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0291PS.htm)
- [As Passed (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/HB/0200-0299/HB0291PS.pdf)
- [Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/sam/HB0291_S_Cmte_Amend_01.htm)
- [Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/sam/HB0291_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0291SG.htm)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/pdf/HB/0200-0299/HB0291SG.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 2517: "MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act" and "Uniform Athletes Ag…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-SB2517-2025)
- [HB 856: Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on and make various changes to.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB856-2025)
- [HB 1341: MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; extend repealer on act and related tax incent…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB1341-2025)
- [HB 1509: District Attorneys; revise salaries to certain amount below chancery and circui…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB1509-2025)
- [HB 1174: Public adjusters licensure; revise provisions related to.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB1174-2025)
- [HB 602: Crawfish and seafood; provide country of origin labeling requirements for.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB602-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MS-HB291-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).