Finance Committee, Mississippi State Senate
The Finance Committee is a standing committee of the Mississippi State Senate. Per Senate Rule 36, the committee is made up of 26 members.[1]
Per Rules 7, 36 and 37 of the Senate Rules, committees of the Mississippi State Senate are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, who serves as the President of the Senate.[2] After the adoption of Senate Rules, the committees are appointed. The first person named to a committee by the President shall serve as the chair, with the second serving as the vice chair. Any vacancies that have occurred in any committees after members have been appointed will be filled by the President.[3]
See rules: Senate rules
Function
| “ | A committee of the Senate shall report on the sufficiency of the titles of all bills and resolutions before their being put on final passage; and it shall be in order, before the passage of every bill or resolution, to move to commit or recommit for report upon the sufficiency of the title. Titles shall indicate clearly the subject matter of the proposed legislation.[4][5] | ” |
Membership
2025-2026 legislative session
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Finance Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (18) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Finance Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (18) | Third-party members(0) |
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2020-2021 legislative session
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Finance Committee, 2020-2021 |
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (18) | 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.
| Finance Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (19) | |||
| • Hob Bryan | • Joey Fillingane, Chair | |||
| • Kelvin Butler | • Dean Kirby, Vice Chair | |||
| • Deborah Dawkins | • Nickey Browning | |||
| • Steve Hale | • Lydia Chassaniol | |||
| • Haskins Montgomery | • Sally Doty | |||
| • Derrick Simmons | • Josh Harkins | |||
| • Bill Stone | • Billy Hudson | |||
| • Kenneth Jones | ||||
| • David Jordan | ||||
| • Will Longwitz | ||||
| • Chris Massey | ||||
| • Philip Moran | ||||
| • David Parker | ||||
| • Rita Parks | ||||
| • John Polk | ||||
| • Tony Smith | ||||
| • Gray Tollison | ||||
| • Giles Ward | ||||
| • Michael Watson | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 36)
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rules 7, 36 and 37)
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 38)
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 41)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
