MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Watson, Gandy, Gollott, Hudson, Kirby, Smith, Ward, Massey, Parker, Hill, Harkins, Sojourner, McDaniel
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO AMEND JOINT RULE NO. 40 TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT CONVENE ON EASTER SUNDAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That Joint Rule No. 40 is amended to read as follows:
40. TIMETABLE FOR PROCESSING LEGISLATION
90-day 125-day
Session Session
9th day 45th day Deadline for making requests for
general bills and constitutional
amendments to be drafted.***
14th day 49th day Deadline for introduction of general
bills and constitutional amendments.*
29th day 64th day Deadline for committees to report
general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in own house.*+
38th day 73rd day Deadline for original floor action
on general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in own
house.*
39th day 74th day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in own house.*
42nd day 77th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in own house.*
51st day 86th day Deadline for original floor action
on appropriation and revenue bills
originating in own house.
52nd day 87th day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of appropriation and
revenue bills originating in own
house.
53rd day 88th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider appropriation and
revenue bills originating in own
house.
57th day 92nd day Deadline for committees to report
general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in other
house.*+
65th day 100th day Deadline for original floor action
on general bills and constitutional
amendments originating in other
house.*
66th day 101st day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in other house.*
67th day 102nd day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider general bills and
constitutional amendments originating
in other house.*
71st day 106th day Deadline for original floor action
on appropriation and revenue bills
originating in other house.
72nd day 107th day Deadline for reconsideration and
passage of appropriation and
revenue bills originating in other
house.
73rd day 108th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider appropriation and
revenue bills originating in other
house.
74th day 109th 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 112th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider concurrence or
nonconcurrence in appropriation and
revenue bills.
80th day 115th day Deadline to concur or not concur
in amendments from other house to
general bills and constitutional
amendments.
81st day 116th day Deadline for introduction of
local and private bills that are
not revenue bills.
82nd day 117th day Deadline for conference reports on
appropriation and revenue bills to be
filed.**+
83rd day 118th day ****
84th day 119th day Deadline for final adoption of
conference reports on appropriation
and revenue bills and for conference
reports on general bills and
constitutional amendments to be
filed.**+
85th day 120th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider conference reports on
appropriation and revenue bills.
86th day 121st day Deadline for first consideration
of conference reports on general
bills and constitutional amendments.
87th day 122nd day Deadline for filing conference
reports on general bills and
constitutional amendments that had
been recommitted for further
conference.+
88th day 123rd day Deadline for adoption of
conference reports on general bills
and constitutional amendments
after recommittal.
89th day 124th day Deadline to dispose of motions to
reconsider conference reports on
general bills and constitutional
amendments.
90th day 125th day 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 84th/119th 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/45th 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.
**** The Legislature shall not convene on Easter Sunday.
+ 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.
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.