l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

House Bill 265

Elected state officers; salaries shall not be more than average of salaries of equivalent officials in adjacent states.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-3-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2021, THE ANNUAL SALARIES OF THE ELECTED STATE OFFICERS OTHER THAN THE GOVERNOR SHALL BE THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR EACH OF THOSE OFFICERS BY THE LEGISLATURE, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE CURRENT AMOUNT FOR THAT OFFICER OR MORE THAN THREE PERCENT ABOVE THE CURRENT AMOUNT FOR THAT OFFICER; TO PROVIDE THAT FOR EACH OF THE NEXT TWO FISCAL YEARS, THE LEGISLATURE MAY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS BY NOT MORE THAN THREE PERCENT ABOVE THE ANNUAL SALARY AMOUNT APPROPRIATED FOR THE PRECEDING FISCAL YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ANNUAL SALARY APPROPRIATED FOR ANY OF THOSE OFFICERS SHALL NOT BE MORE THAN THE AMOUNT OF THE ANNUAL SALARY OF THE GOVERNOR; 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 House of Representatives

2 co-sponsors

Stephanie Foster, Hester Jackson McCray

Its course

January 27 to June 9, 2020, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action10 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 27 to Mar 437 days

AppropriationsJan 27 to Feb 2731 days

In the SenateMar 4 to Jun 9 · stopped97 days

AppropriationsMay 12 to Jun 9 · stopped28 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 12

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 27 – Mar 4

  1. Jan 27Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Feb 27Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 4Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 5 – Jun 9

  1. Mar 5Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Read and Oliver)
  2. Mar 12Reconsidered in the House
  3. Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended
  5. Mar 17Sent to the Senate
  6. May 12Referred to the Senate committees on Appropriations and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  7. Jun 9Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 27Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 27Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 4PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 5Motion to Reconsider Entered (Read, Oliver)House of Representatives
  5. Mar 12ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 12AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 12Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 17Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. May 12Referred To Appropriations;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  10. Jun 9Died In CommitteeSenate