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Article 4, Section 36 of the Mississippi Constitution specifies that the state legislature must meet for 125 days every four years and 90 days in other years. The Mississippi House of Representatives has the authority to determine rules of its own proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and expel a member with a two-thirds vote of its membership. [1]
From 1800 until 1833, the legislative body of the Mississippi Territory and the state of Mississippi was known as the "General Assembly". Thereafter, it was known as "the Legislature of the State of Mississippi". [1] During the Reconstruction era, the legislature met for biennial sessions. In 1890, constitutional revisions allowed the body to ...
The 2020–2024 Mississippi Legislature was composed of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives. [1] General elections for the Senate and the House were held on November 5, 2019. [2] [3] The first session was held from January 7, 2020 to October 10, 2020. [1]
Although the 2024 Mississippi Legislative Session is in its early stages, it could be a significant session for hunters, fishermen and wildlife enthusiasts in the state.. Rep. Timmy Ladner, R ...
The 124-day 2024 Mississippi legislative session is finally over. The last thing lawmakers did before gaveling out before 9:30 Saturday morning was to pass a nearly $7.9 billion budget Friday ...
Mississippi’s chronic absenteeism rate for the 2022-2023 school year was 23.9%, according to figures in that press release. "If students are not in the classroom, they are not learning.
The state legislature is constitutionally-mandated to meet for 125 days every four years at the start of a new term and 90 days in other years. [2] [7] The Senate reconvenes on a yearly basis on the Tuesday after the first Monday in January. [2] While the Mississippi House of Representatives can extend its sessions, the Senate cannot. [7]
The 2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature met in Jackson, Mississippi, in six sessions between January 6, 2016, and March 29, 2019. [1] Timeline.