MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Apportionment and Elections

By: Representative Wilson

House Bill 348

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE REDUCED TO 99 REPRESENTATIVES BEGINNING WITH THE 2023 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; TO AMEND SECTION 5-1-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE NUMBER OF SENATORS IN THE MISSISSIPPI SENATE SHALL BE REDUCED TO 42 SENATORS BEGINNING WITH THE 2023 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 5-1-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     5-1-1.  From and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January 2024, the number of Representatives shall be * * *one hundred twenty‑two ninety-nine (99) and shall be elected from ninety-nine (99) districts adopted by joint resolution as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

     SECTION 2.  Section 5-1-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     5-1-3.  From and after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of January 2024, the number of Senators shall be * * *fifty‑two forty-two (42) and shall be elected from * * *fifty‑two forty-two (42) districts adopted as provided in Section 254 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.