January 2020 Legislative Update

Weeks of January 6 and 13 On January 7, 2020, the Mississippi State Legislature began the first session of the new four-year term. Per the Constitution of the State of Mississippi, the first session of every term is scheduled to last 125 days, as opposed to 90 days. This is done to accommodate inaugurations, new committee chairmanships and procedural matters like choosing parking spaces and offices. House members took the oath of office on the first day before the election of Speaker of the House and Speaker Pro Tempore.

Week of March 11th Update

Update From the Week of March 11th This was the tenth week of the 2019 Legislative Session. Wednesday of this week was the deadline forthe House to discuss general Senate bills. Any Senate bills that did not make it off…

March 4th Legislative Update

March 4th Legislative Update This was the ninth week of the 2019 Legislative Session. The deadline for House committees to report Senate bills occurred Tuesday at 8 p.m. Any Senate bills that did not make it out of committees died.…

Week of February 25th Update

Legislative Update From the Week of February 25th The end of this week marked the deadline for House appropriations and revenue bills to be introducedand passed. The House Appropriations Committee finished passing bills regarding budgets for stateagencies last week, so…

February 11th Weekly Update

February 11th Weekly Legislative Update The House met as a whole throughout the week to discuss general bills that made it out of committee and onto the calendar. Thursday, Feb. 14 was the deadline for representatives to discuss these general…

January 28th Legislative Update

January 28th 2019 Legislative Update Committees met frequently during the fourth week of the legislative session, as next Tuesday’s deadline to have House Bills out of their corresponding committees quickly approaches. After Tuesday, Feb. 5, no additional general bills will…