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Ways and Means Committee, Mississippi House of Representatives
The Ways and Means Committee is a standing committee of the Mississippi House of Representatives. Per Rule 60 of the House Rules, the committee is made up of 33 members.[1]
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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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Ways and Means Committee, 2025-2026 |
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| Democratic members (10) | Republican members (23) | Third-party members(0) |
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2023-2024 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (9) | Republican members (23) | Third-party members(1) |
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2020-2021 legislative session
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Ways and Means Committee, 2020-2021 |
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (24) | Third-party members(1) |
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2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
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| Democratic members (14) | Republican members (22) | |||
| • Edward Blackmon, Jr. | • Jeffrey Smith, Chair | |||
| • Credell Calhoun | • Ray Rogers, Vice Chair | |||
| • Sherra Lane | • Brian Aldridge | |||
| • Tyrone Ellis | • Mark Baker | |||
| • James Evans | • Chris Brown | |||
| • Steve Holland | • Gary Chism | |||
| • Kevin Horan | • Dennis DeBar | |||
| • Esther Harrison | • Mark Formby | |||
| • Bennett Malone | • Andy Gipson | |||
| • Bobby Moak | • Eugene Forrest Hamilton | |||
| • Thomas Reynolds, II | • Stephen Horne | |||
| • Omeria Scott | • Trey Lamar | |||
| • Ferr Smith | • Hank Lott | |||
| • Johnny Stringer | • Steve Massengill | |||
| • Brad Mayo | ||||
| • Rita Martinson | ||||
| • Alex Monsour | ||||
| • Ken Morgan | ||||
| • Randall Patterson | ||||
| • Tom Weathersby | ||||
| • Jason White | ||||
| • Henry Zuber, III | ||||
2012-2013
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2010-2011
- Percy Watson Chair
- S. David Norquist Vice Chair
- Kelvin Buck
- E. Harvey Moss
- Larry Baker
- Jack Gadd
- Jerry Turner
- Ferr Smith
- Willie Perkins, Sr.
- Tyrone Ellis
- Jeffrey Smith
- Bobby Howell
- Willie Bailey
- Thomas Woods
- Robert Moak
- Edward Blackmon, Jr.
- John Moore
- Ray Rogers
- Walter Robinson, Jr.
- Earle Banks
- Credell Calhoun
- Alyce Clarke
- James Evans
- James Ellington
- Gary Staples
- Robert Johnson, III
- Henry Zuber, III
- Bobby Shows
- Angela Cockerham
- David Myers
- Mark Formby
- Frances Fredericks
- Joseph Compretta
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 22, 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)
