Died in committee in the Senate, on April 1, 2015.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Concurrent Resolution 654
Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; amend Constitution to provide for a State University System and local Boards of Trustees.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REQUESTING THE DRAFTING, INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF A RESOLUTION ENTITLED "A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 213A, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO CLARIFY THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION BY LAW FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE 8 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE FOR A STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE 8 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE FOR A BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PRESENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO PRESCRIBE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EACH UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND TO PRESCRIBE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
39 co-sponsors
Derrick T. Simmons, Will Longwitz, David Parker, Tommy A. Gollott, Phillip A. Gandy, Angela Burks Hill, Bill Stone, Nickey Browning, Rita Potts Parks, Chuck Younger, Hillman Terome Frazier, John Horhn, Josh Harkins, Joey Fillingane, Perry Lee, Gary Jackson, Nancy Adams Collins, Terry C. Burton, Michael Watson, Chris Massey, Tony Smith, Robert L. Jackson, Angela Turner, Sean J. Tindell, Steve Hale, David Jordan, Russell Jolly, Albert Butler, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Sollie B. Norwood, J. P. Wilemon, Jr., Willie Simmons, Sally Doty, Kelvin Butler, Billy Hudson, Dean Kirby, Haskins Montgomery, Sampson Jackson II, Brice Wiggins
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.