House Resolution 6

A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE BY CREATING A NEW RULE 94A TO LIMIT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT A HOUSE MEMBER MAY REQUEST FOR DRAFTING AND INTRODUCTION FOR A REGULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the Rules of the House are amended by creating a new Rule 94A to read as follows:

"94A. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this rule, for the 2026 Regular Session of the Legislature and each regular legislative session thereafter:

(a) A member of the House who has served in the House for at least one (1) full regular legislative session shall not be authorized to:

(i) Request the House Legislative Services Office to draft more than fifteen (15) general bills, revenue bills and resolutions for proposed constitutional amendments, in the aggregate, for the regular legislative session; however, not more than five (5) of those fifteen (15) requests for general bills, revenue bills and resolutions for proposed constitutional amendments may be made after the beginning of the regular session; or

(ii) Request the House Legislative Services Office to draft more than ten (10) resolutions other than for proposed constitutional amendments for the regular legislative session; or

(iii) Introduce more than ten (10) general bills, revenue bills and resolutions for proposed constitutional amendments and ten (10) other resolutions, in the aggregate, for the regular legislative session.

(b) A member of the House who has not served in the House for at least one (1) full regular legislative session shall not be authorized to:

(i) Request the House Legislative Services Office to draft more than five (5) general bills, revenue bills and resolutions for proposed constitutional amendments, in the aggregate, for the regular legislative session; or

(ii) Request the House Legislative Services Office to draft more than ten (10) resolutions other than for proposed constitutional amendments for the regular legislative session; or

(iii) Introduce more than five (5) general bills, revenue bills and resolutions for proposed constitutional amendments and ten (10) other resolutions, in the aggregate, for the regular legislative session.

(2) For the purpose of this rule, the terms "general bills" and "revenue bills" mean only those bills that are considered to be general bills and revenue bills for deadline purposes under Joint Rule 40.

(3) The provisions of subsection (1) of this rule do not apply to:

(a) Appropriation bills; local and private bills; bills to restore suffrage; resolutions suspending the deadlines for the drafting and introduction of a new bill or resolution, and any new bills or resolutions resulting from the adoption of those suspension resolutions; and resolutions suspending the deadlines for further consideration of a bill or resolution;

(b) Bills and resolutions requested to be drafted, and bills and resolutions introduced, by the Speaker of the House, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, or the Chairman of the House Rules Committee; and

(c) Bills and resolutions requested to be drafted, and bills and resolutions introduced, by a member who is chairman of a standing committee of the House or a select committee of the House to which bills or resolutions are referred, if:

(i) The bill or resolution is requested to be introduced by a statewide elected official, or by the executive director or governing board of a state agency, department or institution in any of the three (3) branches of government, or by the Mississippi Supreme Court or the Mississippi Court of Appeals, and the bill or resolution pertains to subject matter that is within the jurisdiction of the committee that the member chairs; or

(ii) The bill is to reenact, and to extend or remove the repealer on, provisions of law which are subject to a repealer that is scheduled to take effect during the calendar year in which the legislative session occurs, and the provisions of law subject to the repealer pertain to subject matter that is within the jurisdiction of the committee that the member chairs."