January 14th Legislative Update This is the second week of the 2019 Legislative Session. Because it is early in the session, the committees are just starting to meet as bills are still being drafted, so the floor action has been…
First Update of the 2019 Legislative Session On January 8, 2019, the 134th Mississippi State Legislature began the fourth and final session in its four- year term. Four new members joined the Mississippi House of Representatives this past year as…
Final Legislative Update 2018 Week of March 26, 2018 Legislators completed the last day of the 2018 legislative session on Wednesday, March 28, after working through the weekend to finalize the state budget. While many significant pieces of legislation did…
Legislative Update for March 19th At this point in the session, a majority of bills have either been sent to the governor to be signed into law or are being discussed in conference. Conference on a bill occurs when further…
Legislative Summary Week of March 12th The deadline to consider revenue and appropriations bills that originated in the Senate occurred this week. Among other things, these bills detail how much money will be appropriated to a number of different state…
Wednesday of this week marked the deadline for the House to discuss general Senate bills. The deadline to discuss Senate appropriations and revenue bills will occur next week. On Tuesday, the House passed Senate Bill 2418, which would amend previous…
Forestry Day Visitors Jim Walley, Meacham Harlow, Representative Scoggin, Nancy Lindstrom, and Kyle Bush Legislative Update for the Week of February 26th The deadline for House committees to pass Senate bills occurred Tuesday. Any Senate bills that did not make…
FFA Students Visit the Capital FFA students representing Northeast Jones, West Jones, and South Jones high schools Pages For This Week I was privileged to have three Pages this week at the Capitol. They were Darby Cooley from South Jones,…
Legislative Update Week of February 12th Week of February 12, 2018 With general House Bills out of the way, representatives began working on House Appropriations Bills, which will determine how much money is given to various state organizations. The House…
Week of February 5, 2018 The House met as a whole throughout the week to discuss bills that made it out of committees and onto the calendar. Thursday, Feb. 8, was the deadline for representatives to discuss House Bills.…