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Easter Weekend Update

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  [vc_row row_type='box' text_align='left' background_color='' border_color=''][vc_column width='5/6'][bordered_box border_color='#003852' background_color=''] Business in the House was once again slowed this week due to requests by members that each bill be read out loud in its entirety. Thankfully, we are moving through Senate bills on the calendar, albeit at a...

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House Floor Votes 3/21/16 – 3/25/16

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[vc_row row_type='box' text_align='center' background_color='' border_color=''][vc_column width='5/6'] [bordered_box border_color='#003852' background_color=''] *Note: This page will be continuously updated as votes are taken and posted. By clicking on the bill number, you can view the full text of the bill, current status, and vote totals. Vote totals are preliminary and...

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House Welcomes Students from Madison County

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[vc_row row_type='box' text_align='center' background_color='' border_color=''][vc_column width='5/6'] [bordered_box border_color='#003852' background_color=''] This week I was thrilled to host two pages from Madison County. The Page program is a great learning opportunity for the students of our state. This week, we welcomed Olivia Johnson of Madison and Hudson Durfield of...

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JFP: Clergy, Bomgar Call for End to Mass Incarceration, Private-Prison Reform

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By Sierra Mannie  Thursday, March 17, 2016 [vc_row row_type='box' text_align='center' background_color='' border_color=''][vc_column width='5/6'] [bordered_box border_color='#003852' background_color=''] JACKSON — Rep. Joel Bomgar, R-Madison, stood with an interdenominational Christian group of clergy Wednesday at the Capitol, saying that mass incarceration serves none of his beliefs as either a Christian or as...

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House Floor Votes 3/14/16 – 3/18/16

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[vc_row row_type='box' text_align='center' background_color='' border_color=''][vc_column width='5/6'] [bordered_box border_color='#003852' background_color=''] *Note: This page will be continuously updated as votes are taken and posted. By clicking on the bill number, you can view the full text of the bill, current status, and vote totals. To view the vote by...

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House Begins Budget Process – Legislative Update

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  This week the Mississippi House of Representatives began to focus on the state’s budget. A number of revenue bills were brought before the House, including appropriations bills that will ultimately decide how the state’s revenue is spent, and bond bills which authorize the state to...

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