Senate suspends rules to correct centennial resolution for Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers

The Mississippi Senate suspended its rules and approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 508 to correct a prior commemoration marking the centennials of Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers, Senator Kirby said.

Senator Kirby told colleagues the item was a technical correction to a resolution passed last year that used incorrect birth-year designations. "That resolution was commemorating Martin Luther King and Medgar Evers for their 100th birthday. And we need to bring that back up because last year they were only 99. So we need to do this correctly," Senator Kirby said on the floor.

Senator Kirby moved to suspend the rules so the Senate could consider the resolution immediately; the presiding officer announced the motion carried. Later on the floor Kirby asked that the resolution be given immediate release so the House could consider it the same day. The Senate granted immediate release.

Senator Frazier asked unanimous consent to be added as a co-author of SCR 508; the presiding officer noted no objection and the request was granted.

No roll-call tally or recorded individual votes on final passage appear in the transcript excerpt; the clerk and presiding officer recorded that the motion to suspend the rules carried and that the resolution was released to the House for consideration.

The action corrects a prior Senate commemoration; the resolution was sent to the House for further consideration and now lists at least one additional co-author by unanimous consent.