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The Mississippi Legislature is a citizen legislature; most legislators have full-time occupations unrelated to their official roles. [4] Members receive a base salary of $23,000 per year. As of April 2022, most legislators garnered a total compensation of $40,000 to $50,000 per year from salary, per diem payments, and other reimbursements and ...
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]
The Senate, along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson. The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi serves as President of the Senate. The Senate is composed of 52 senators representing an equal number of constituent districts, with 56,947 people per district (2020 census).
Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, files a number of bills in House chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Lawmakers have dropped more than 2,000 bills by the Tuesday ...
The general election was held on November 3, 2015. [2] The term began when legislators were sworn in on January 6, 2016. [3] The dates of the sessions were: January 6, 2016 – April 24, 2016; June 28, 2016 – June 29, 2016; January 3, 2017 – April 2, 2017; January 2, 2018 – March 28, 2018; August 23, 2018 (one day); and January 8, 2019 – March 29, 2019. [1]
The 124-day 2024 Mississippi legislative session is finally over. ... The man, from Fillingane's district in Walthall County, had been convicted of grand larceny in 1977. In the House, Rep ...
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]