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Universities and Colleges Committee, Mississippi House of Representatives
The Universities and Colleges Committee is a standing committee of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Per Rule 60 of the House Rules, the committee is made up of 27 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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House Universities and Colleges Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (18) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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House Universities and Colleges Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (14) | Third-party members(0) |
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Charles Young (D) left this committee on December 16, 2024. [Source]
2021-2022 legislative session
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House Universities and Colleges Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (17) | 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.
| Universities and Colleges Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (11) | Republican members (15) | |||
| • Gregory Holloway, Vice Chair | • Nolan Mettetal, Chair | |||
| • Cecil Brown | • Toby Barker | |||
| • Clara Burnett | • Richard Bennett | |||
| • Kimberly Campbell Buck | • Lester Carpenter | |||
| • Bob Evans | • Dennis DeBar | |||
| • John Faulkner | • Mac Huddleston | |||
| • Brad Oberhousen | • Bill Kinkade | |||
| • Randall Patterson | • Trey Lamar | |||
| • Jody Steverson | • Hank Lott | |||
| • Adrienne Wooten | • Steve Massengill | |||
| • Charles Young, Jr. | • Brad Mayo | |||
| • Doug McLeod | ||||
| • Bobby Shows | ||||
| • Gary Staples | ||||
| • Tommy Taylor | ||||
2012-2013
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2010-2011
- Kelvin Buck Vice Chair
- Clara Burnett
- Noal Akins
- Jack Gadd
- Margaret Rogers
- Mac Huddleston
- Mark DuVall
- Donnie Bell
- Charles Beckett
- Ferr Smith
- Dannie Reed
- Esther Harrison
- Kevin McGee
- Cecil Brown
- Credell Calhoun
- Alyce Clarke
- James Evans
- Kimberly Campbell Buck
- Gregory Holloway, Sr.
- Stephen Horne
- Wilbert Jones
- Tad Campbell
- Gary Staples
- Becky Currie
- Toby Barker
- Roger Ishee
- Herbert Frierson
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 23, 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)
