Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB652: Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Status: Failed, February 4, 2025
AN ACT TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 5-8-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FROM EXPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PAY CONTRACT LOBBYISTS; TO AMEND SECTION 5-8-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE ADDITIONAL TERMS USED UNDER THE LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE CONTRACTS FOR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES FROM THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT BY THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 5-8-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH EXEMPTS CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE LOBBYING LAWS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 5-8-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS LOBBYISTS AND LOBBYISTS' CLIENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN ACTS, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-101-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS REPRESENTING THE SEPARATE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FROM APPEARING BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE EXCEPT UPON ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING OR UPON THE REQUEST OF THE LEGISLATURE, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to codify new section 5-8-27, mississippi code of 1972, to prohibit state agencies and community and junior colleges from expending public funds to pay contract lobbyists; to amend section 5-8-3, mississippi code of 1972, to define additional terms used under the lobbying law reform act of 1994; to amend section 27-104-7, mississippi code of 1972, to delete contracts for legislative advocacy services from the various types of contracts subject to oversight by the public procurement review board…
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO CODIFY NEW SECTION 5-8-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT STATE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FROM EXPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PAY CONTRACT LOBBYISTS; TO AMEND SECTION 5-8-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE ADDITIONAL TERMS USED UNDER THE LOBBYING LAW REFORM ACT OF 1994; TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE CONTRACTS FOR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES FROM THE VARIOUS TYPES OF CONTRACTS SUBJECT TO OVERSIGHT BY THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 5-8-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH EXEMPTS CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE LOBBYING LAWS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 5-8-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS LOBBYISTS AND LOBBYISTS' CLIENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN CERTAIN ACTS, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-101-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS REPRESENTING THE SEPARATE STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FROM APPEARING BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE EXCEPT UPON ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING OR UPON THE REQUEST OF THE LEGISLATURE, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 5-8-27, Mississippi Code of 1972: 5-8-27. (1) A state agency may not expend any public funds …