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Conservation and Water Resources Committee, Mississippi House of Representatives
The Conservation and Water Resources Committee is a standing committee of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Per Rule 60 of the House Rules, the committee is made up of 17 members.[1]
Per Rule 60(4) of the House Rules, committee appointments in the Mississippi House of Representatives are made by the Speaker of the House.[2] After the adoption of House Rules, committees are appointed according to legislators' preferences as well as seniority, abilities and geographic location.[3] Representatives are to submit a list of at least 10 committee preferences by 5 p.m. on the third calendar day of the legislative session following an election. A legislator who has served in the House less than four years in his or her lifetime is guaranteed two of his or her top seven preferences unless appointed to the Appropriations or Ways and Means Committees; one who has served for four or more years in his or her lifetime is guaranteed three of his or her first seven choices unless appointed to the Appropriations or Ways and Means Committees.[2] Representatives are barred from serving on both the Appropriations and Ways and Means Committees, and may serve on at least four standing committees.[4] The first person appointed to a committee is to serve as the chair, with the second serving as vice chair. A representative appointed to serve as chair or vice chair of a committee is barred from serving in either position on another committee.[5] The Speaker and Speaker Pro Tempore serve on the Rules and Management Committees ex officio.[6]
See rules: House Rules
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Conservation and Water Resources Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (12) | Third-party members(1) |
2023-2024 legislative session
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Conservation and Water Resources Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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2020-2021 legislative session
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Conservation and Water Resources Committee, 2020-2021 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (15) | Third-party members(0) |
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2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Conservation and Water Resources Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (17) | |||
| • Bryant Clark, Vice Chair | • John Read, Chair | |||
| • Nick Bain | • Brian Aldridge | |||
| • Cecil Brown | • William Arnold | |||
| • Blaine Eaton, II | • Manly Barton | |||
| • Michael Evans | • C. Scott Bounds | |||
| • John Faulkner | • Randy Boyd | |||
| • John Hines | • Chris Brown (Mississippi) | |||
| • Jody Steverson | • Charles Busby | |||
| • Rufus Straughter | • Gary Chism | |||
| • Johnny Stringer | • Herb Frierson | |||
| • Preston Sullivan | • Bobby Howell | |||
| • Sonya Williams-Barnes | • Hank Lott | |||
| • Sam Mims, V | ||||
| • Ken Morgan | ||||
| • Bill Pigott | ||||
| • Brent Powell | ||||
| • Patricia H. Willis | ||||
2014 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2014 legislative session.
| Conservation and Water Resources Members, 2014 | ||||
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| Democratic members (12) | Republican members (17) | |||
| • Bryant Clark | • John Read, Chair | |||
| • Nick Bain | • Brian Aldridge | |||
| • Cecil Brown | • William Arnold | |||
| • Blaine Eaton, II | • Manly Barton | |||
| • Michael Evans | • C. Scott Bounds | |||
| • John Faulkner | • Randy Boyd | |||
| • John Hines | • Chris Brown (Mississippi) | |||
| • Jody Steverson | • Charles Busby | |||
| • Rufus Straughter | • Gary Chism | |||
| • Johnny Stringer | • Herb Frierson | |||
| • Preston Sullivan | • Bobby Howell | |||
| • Sonya Williams-Barnes | • Hank Lott | |||
| • Sam Mims, V | ||||
| • Ken Morgan | ||||
| • Bill Pigott | ||||
| • Brent Powell | ||||
| • Patricia H. Willis | ||||
2012-2013
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2010-2011
- John Mayo Chair
- Mark DuVall Vice Chair
- Warner McBride
- Joe Gardner
- Brian Aldridge
- Jerry Turner
- Donnie Bell
- Sidney Bondurant
- Robert Huddleston
- David Gibbs
- Gary Chism
- W.T. Mayhall, Jr.
- C. Scott Bounds
- Bobby Howell
- Philip Gunn
- Kimberly Campbell Buck
- James Ellington
- Mark Baker
- Gregory Holloway, Sr.
- Tad Campbell
- Bob Evans
- Dirk Dedeaux
- Angela Cockerham
- Sam Mims, V
- Richard Bennett
- Bill Pigott
- John Read
- Ken Morgan
- Herbert Frierson
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021 Rule 60(d)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 60(4))
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 60(5))
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 60(2))
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rule 61)
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 19, 2021(Rules 10(5), 11 and 11A)
