The  2014  Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at  12:00 Noon  on  Tuesday, January 7, 2014. 

 

                                                        TIMETABLE FOR PROCESSING LEGISLATION 

                                                                                                2014

 

 

9th day 

Wed. Jan. 15

 

Deadline for making REQUESTS for GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS to be drafted.***

 

14th day 

Mon. Jan. 20

 

Deadline for INTRODUCTION of GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.*

 

29th day 

Tues. Feb. 4

 

Deadline for COMMITTEES TO REPORT GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OWN House.*+

 

38th day 

Thurs. Feb. 13

 

Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OWN House.*

 

39th day 

Fri. Feb. 14

 

Deadline for reconsideration and passage of GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OWN House.*

 

42nd day 

Mon. Feb. 17

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OWN House.*

 

51st day 

Wed. Feb. 26

 

Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OWN House.

 

52nd day 

Thurs. Feb. 27

 

Deadline for RECONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OWN House.

 

53rd day 

Fri. Feb. 28

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OWN House.

 

57th day 

Tues. Mar. 4

 

Deadline for COMMITTEES TO REPORT GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OTHER House.*+

 

65th day 

Wed. Mar. 12

 

Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OTHER House.*

 

66th day 

Thurs. Mar. 13

 

Deadline for RECONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE of GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OTHER House.*

 

67th day 

Fri. Mar. 14

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS originating in OTHER House.*

 

71st day 

Tues. Mar. 18

 

Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OTHER House.

 

72nd day 

Wed. Mar. 19

 

Deadline for RECONSIDERATION/PASSAGE of APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OTHER House.

 

73rd day 

Thurs. Mar. 20

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OTHER House.

 

74th day 

Fri. Mar. 21

 

Deadline to concur or not concur in amendments from OTHER House to APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills, and for INTRODUCTION of LOCAL and PRIVATE bills that are REVENUE bills.

 

77th day 

Mon. Mar. 24

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider concurrence or nonconcurrence in APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills.

 

80th day 

Thurs. Mar. 27

 

Deadline to CONCUR or not concur in AMENDMENTS from OTHER HOUSE to GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

 

81st day 

Fri. Mar. 28

 

Deadline for introduction of local and private bills that are not revenue bills.

 

82nd day 

Sat. Mar. 29

 

Deadline for CONFERENCE REPORTS on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills to be filed.**+

 

84th day 

Mon. Mar. 31

 

Deadline for final adoption of conference reports on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills and for conference reports on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS to be filed.**+

 

85th day 

Tues. Apr. 1

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider conference reports on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills.

 

86th day 

Wed. Apr. 2

 

Deadline for first consideration of conference reports on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

 

87th day 

Thurs. Apr. 3

 

Deadline for filing conference reports on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS that had been recommitted for further conference.+

 

88th day 

Fri. Apr. 4

 

Deadline for adoption of conference reports on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS after recommittal.

 

89th day 

Sat. Apr. 5

 

Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider conference reports on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.

 

90th day 

Sun. Apr. 6

 

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.

 

+  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.