MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Representative Warren
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE 2010 REGULAR SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR A PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS FROM THE FINAL DAY OF THE NINETY-DAY SESSION; TO AUTHORIZE THE HOUSE AND SENATE TO ADJOURN FOR MORE THAN THREE DAYS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE SHALL RECONVENE ON APRIL 20, 2010; TO SUSPEND THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION, FILING AND ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORTS ON APPROPRIATION BILLS AND ON HOUSE BILL NO. 1059; TO AMEND JOINT RULE 40 FOR THE 2010 REGULAR SESSION ONLY TO CHANGE THE DEADLINES APPLICABLE TO GENERAL BILLS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FOR CONCURRING IN AMENDMENTS FROM THE OTHER HOUSE, FILING CONFERENCE REPORTS, FIRST CONSIDERATION OF CONFERENCE REPORTS, FILING CONFERENCE REPORTS THAT WERE RECOMMITTED FOR FURTHER CONFERENCE, ADOPTION OF CONFERENCE REPORTS AFTER RECOMMITTAL, AND DISPOSING OF MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER CONFERENCE REPORTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN, That the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature is extended for a period of thirty (30) days from the final day of the ninety (90) calendar days of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature, under the provisions of Section 36, Mississippi Constitution of 1890.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives and the Senate may stand adjourned for a period of more than three (3) days from any date and time determined by each respective house.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the House and Senate shall reconvene at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Joint Rules of the House and the Senate, including all the deadlines and other provisions imposed by Joint Rule No. 40, are suspended for the purpose of permitting the further consideration, filing and adoption of conference reports on appropriation bills that were in conference on March 22, 2010, and on House Bill No. 1059 after the deadlines for those actions in Joint Rule No. 40.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Rule 40 of the 2008-2012 Joint Rules of the House and Senate is amended as follows:
40. TIMETABLE FOR PROCESSING LEGISLATION
90-day 2008 Regular
Session Session
9th day 23rd day Deadline for making requests for
general bills and constitutional
amendments to be drafted.***
14th day 28th day Deadline for introduction of general
bills and constitutional amendments.*
29th day 43rd day Deadline for committees to report
general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in own house.*+
38th day 52nd day Deadline for original floor action
on general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in own
house.*
39th day 53rd day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in own house.*
42nd day 56th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in own house.*
51st day 65th day Deadline for original floor action
on appropriation and revenue bills
originating in own house.
52nd day 66th day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of appropriation and
revenue bills originating in own
house.
53rd day 67th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider appropriation and
revenue bills originating in own
house.
57th day 71st day Deadline for committees to report
general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in other house.*+
65th day 79th day Deadline for original floor action
on general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in other
house.*
66th day 80th day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in other house.*
67th day 81st day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider general bills and
constitutional amendments originating in other house.*
71st day 85th day Deadline for original floor action
on appropriation and revenue bills
originating in other house.
72nd day 86th day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of appropriation and
revenue bills originating in other
house.
73rd day 87th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider appropriation and
revenue bills originating in other
house.
74th day 88th day Deadline to concur or not concur in
amendments from other house to
appropriation and revenue bills, and
for introduction of local and private
bills that are revenue bills.
77th day 91st day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider concurrence or
nonconcurrence in appropriation and
revenue bills.
79th day 93rd day Deadline for conference reports on
appropriation and revenue bills to
be filed.**+
80th day# 94th day Deadline to concur or not concur
in amendments from other house to
general bills and constitutional
amendments.
81st day 95th day Deadline for final adoption of
conference reports on appropriation
and revenue bills **+, and for
introduction of local and private
bills that are not revenue bills.
84th day# 98th day Deadline for conference
reports on general bills and
constitutional amendments to be
filed.**+
85th day 99th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider conference reports on
appropriation and revenue bills.
86th day# 100th day Deadline for first consideration
of conference reports on general
bills and constitutional amendments.
87th day# 101st day Deadline for filing conference
reports on general bills and
constitutional amendments that had
been recommitted for further
conference.+
88th day# 102nd day Deadline for adoption of
conference reports on general bills
and constitutional amendments
after recommittal.
89th day# 103rd day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider conference reports on
general bills and constitutional
amendments, and sine die.
*Appropriation, revenue, and local and private bills, and bills to restore suffrage are excluded from these deadlines. For purposes of the deadlines herein set forth, the term "revenue bills" shall include only those bills whose primary purpose is to increase or decrease taxes or to authorize the issuance of bonds or the borrowing of money. Bills which are primarily for regulatory purposes which have revenue provisions included shall not be considered as revenue bills for deadline purposes. The deletion from a bill of the features which made it a revenue bill shall render the bill a general bill for deadline purposes.
**Conference reports on all bills must be filed with the Secretary/Clerk no later than the time of adjournment on the day prior to being called up and considered. Appropriation bills which actually appropriate money and are recommitted for further conference are excluded from the requirement that the subsequent conference report be filed and lay on table one (1) day before being considered; however, original action must be taken on all appropriation conference reports by 2:00 p.m. on the 81st/95th day and subsequent reports must be filed no later than 6:00 p.m.
***Requests for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted must be made no later than 8:00 p.m. on the 9th/23rd day. The Rules Committee of the House or Senate, as the case may be, may authorize any member of its respective house to make requests, for one or more general bills or constitutional amendments to be drafted, after the expiration of the deadline for making such drafting requests but before the deadline for introduction of bills and constitutional amendments, upon a determination by the Rules Committee that such drafting requests are in response to conditions of an emergency nature arising subsequent to the deadline for making requests for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted.
+Committee reports and conference reports that are subject to being filed on these deadlines must be filed with the Secretary/Clerk no later than 8:00 p.m.
#For the 2010 Regular Session only, these deadlines shall be changed to the following dates:
78th day (March 23) Deadline to concur or not concur
in amendments from other house to
general bills and constitutional
amendments.
80th day (March 25) Deadline for conference
reports on general bills and
constitutional amendments to be
filed. Conference reports that are
subject to being filed on this
deadline must be filed with the
Secretary/Clerk no later than 10:00
p.m.
81st day (March 26) Deadline for first consideration
of conference reports on general
bills and constitutional amendments.
82nd day (March 27) Deadline for filing conference
reports on general bills and
constitutional amendments that had
been recommitted for further
conference. Conference reports that
are subject to being filed on this
deadline must be filed with the
Secretary/Clerk no later than 8:00
p.m.
83rd day (March 28) Deadline for adoption of
conference reports on general bills
and constitutional amendments
after recommittal.
84th day (March 29) Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider conference reports on
general bills and constitutional
amendments.
Conference reports that are subject to the revised deadlines under footnote # do not have to be filed with the Secretary/Clerk by the time of adjournment on the day before being called up and considered, but instead may be called up and considered on the same day that they are filed with the Secretary/Clerk.
Whenever the word "day" appears in this rule, it shall mean calendar day.
The above schedule shall not be deviated from except by the passage of a concurrent resolution adopted by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the membership of the House and Senate present and voting.