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Mississippi House advances blocks of bills to conference; concurrent resolutions adopted 128-0
Summary
On the floor, the Mississippi House of Representatives moved multiple House bills to conference with the Senate, took block votes on appropriations and other calendars, and adopted House concurrent resolutions 1–4 by a recorded vote of 128 yes, 0 no.
The Mississippi House of Representatives on the floor moved numerous bills to conference with the Senate and approved a set of resolutions in block during the session recorded in the transcript.
Members used voice votes and unanimous-consent procedures to handle several calendar items in blocks. The clerk recorded one roll call on a block of concurrent resolutions: House Concurrent Resolutions 1 through 4 were adopted by a vote of 128 yes, 0 no. Members also asked unanimous consent to correct a drafting error in House Bill 1063, and that correction was approved.
Several individual House bills were handled either separately or in blocks by motions to “invite conference” or to “not concur and invite conference.” Examples recorded on the floor included item 28 (House Bill 11 27), item 29 (House Bill 11 31), item 6 (House Bill 15 67), items 66–79 (block, described as House appropriations bills), item 14 (House Bill 13 25), item 15 (House Bill 13 30), item 42 (House Bill 14 50), items 80–89 (block), item 5 (House Bill 15 09), item 40 (House Bill 13 08), item 49 (House Bill 15 2), item 27 (House Bill 10 77, addressed separately), and others the clerk displayed on the concurrence/non‑concurrence calendar.
During the rules/supplemental calendar the House called up items 1–4 in block (house concurrent resolutions) and then items 5–25 (house resolutions), taking voice votes; one resolution in that block (House Resolution 82, item 9 of the block) was set aside by a member’s request.
The transcript shows multiple members moving to take items in block and to invite conference; where members asked to set items aside, the speaker acknowledged and accommodated those requests. Most calendar motions were adopted by voice vote with “the ayes have it.” Specific roll-call tallies were recorded for the concurrent resolutions vote (128–0) and for the concurrence motion on House Bill 1077 (28–0), which is covered in a separate article.
The House announced meeting times for committees and adjourned until 10 a.m. the next day.
