The final week of January was another extremely busy week at the Mississippi capitol. Tuesday January 31st was the deadline for committees to pass legislation assigned to their committee. Any bill not sent to the House floor is now labeled "died in committee". Many good bills were allowed to die in their committee, some because there was opposition and others because someone in leadership didn't want the bill to be considered by the House. But at the same time there was also many bad bill that died. More than 75% of the bills introduced did not make it past this deadline; of over 2,000 bills introduced this year, only about 500 are still alive today. You can view a list of the measures that are still active here.
From Your Capitol - Week of January 30
From Your Capitol - Week of January 30
From Your Capitol - Week of January 30
The final week of January was another extremely busy week at the Mississippi capitol. Tuesday January 31st was the deadline for committees to pass legislation assigned to their committee. Any bill not sent to the House floor is now labeled "died in committee". Many good bills were allowed to die in their committee, some because there was opposition and others because someone in leadership didn't want the bill to be considered by the House. But at the same time there was also many bad bill that died. More than 75% of the bills introduced did not make it past this deadline; of over 2,000 bills introduced this year, only about 500 are still alive today. You can view a list of the measures that are still active here.