Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi SR20: Senate Rules; amend Rule 74 to provide for bill introduction limit per senator.
Status: Failed, April 3, 2025
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND SENATE RULE 74 TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SENATOR WHO IS NOT A COMMITTEE CHAIR MAY INTRODUCE NO MORE THAN 10 GENERAL-DEADLINE BILLS PER LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND EACH SENATOR WHO IS A COMMITTEE CHAIR MAY INTRODUCE NO MORE THAN 15 GENERAL-DEADLINE BILLS PER LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
What the bill says
A resolution to amend senate rule 74 to provide that each senator who is not a committee chair may introduce no more than 10 general-deadline bills per legislative session, and each senator who is a committee chair may introduce no more than 15 general-deadline bills per legislative session. now, therefore.
From the introduced text:
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND SENATE RULE 74 TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SENATOR WHO IS NOT A COMMITTEE CHAIR MAY INTRODUCE NO MORE THAN 10 GENERAL-DEADLINE BILLS PER LEGISLATIVE SESSION, AND EACH SENATOR WHO IS A COMMITTEE CHAIR MAY INTRODUCE NO MORE THAN 15 GENERAL-DEADLINE BILLS PER LEGISLATIVE SESSION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That Senate Rule 74 is amended to read as follows: RULES COMMITTEE 74. Subject to the limits in this rule, Senators may introduce bills and concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions by placing them in the box at the Secretary's desk at any time, or they may send them to the Secretary's desk when the order for introduction is reached. All bills, concurrent resolutions and Senate resolutions placed in the box or sent to the Secretary's desk will be considered as being introduced on the legislative day following the day on which they were placed in the box except for (a) legislative days where the motion has been adopted to dispense with the reading of the titles of bills and concurrent resolutions, (b) bills and constitutional amendments placed in the box on the day of the deadline for introduction of general bills and constitutional amendments, and (c) appropriation and revenue bills placed in the box on the day before the …
Sponsors
- Parker, David (R, 2) · primary sponsor
- Barrett, Jason T (R, 39)
- Polk, John A. (R, 44)
- Williams, Bart (R, 15)
- Whaley, Neil S. (R, 10)
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23)
Latest actions
- : Died In Committee
- : Referred To Rules
Votes
- Adopted (February 4, 2026): 52 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Senate Rules
Common questions
- What is SR20?
- SR20 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Senate Rules; amend Rule 74 to provide for bill introduction limit per senator.
- What does SR20 do?
- In its own words: A resolution to amend senate rule 74 to provide that each senator who is not a committee chair may introduce no more than 10 general-deadline bills per legislative session, and each senator who is a committee chair may introduce no more than 15 general-deadline bills per legislative session. now, therefore.
- What is the status of SR20?
- Failed as of April 3, 2025. Latest action: Died In Committee (April 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored SR20?
- Parker, David (R, 2), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SR20?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/SR/SR0020.xml
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