Mississippi Legislature - 2008 Deadline Schedule

The 2008 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at 12:00 Noon on Tuesday, January 8, 2008. TIMETABLE FOR PROCESSING LEGISLATION 2008   45th day Deadline for making REQUESTS for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted.*** Thurs. Feb. 21 49th day Deadline for INTRODUCTION of bills and constitutional amendments.* Mon. Feb. 25 64th day Deadline for COMMITTEES TO REPORT bills and constitutional amendments originating in OWN House.*+ Tues. Mar. 11 73rd day Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on bills and constitutional amendments originating in OWN House.* Thurs. Mar. 20 74th day Deadline for reconsideration and passage of bills and constitutional amendments originating in OWN House.* Fri. Mar. 21 77th day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider bills and constitutional amendments originating in OWN House.* Mon. Mar. 24 86th day Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OWN House. Wed. Apr. 2 87th day Deadline for RECONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OWN House. Thurs. Apr. 3 88th day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OWN House. Fri. Apr. 4 92nd day Deadline for COMMITTEES TO REPORT bills and constitutional amendments originating in OTHER House.*+ Tues. Apr. 8 100th day Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on bills and constitutional amendments originating in OTHER House.* Wed. Apr. 16 101st day Deadline for RECONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE of bills and constitutional amendments originating in OTHER House.* Thurs. Apr. 17 102nd day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider bills and constitutional amendments originating in OTHER House.* Fri. Apr. 18 106th day Deadline for ORIGINAL FLOOR ACTION on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OTHER House. Tues. Apr. 22 107th day Deadline for RECONSIDERATION/PASSAGE of APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OTHER House. Wed. Apr. 23 108th day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills originating in OTHER House. Thurs. Apr. 24 109th day Deadline to concur or not concur in amendments from OTHER House to APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills. Fri. Apr. 25 111th day Deadline for INTRODUCTION of LOCAL and PRIVATE bills that are REVENUE bills. Sun. Apr. 27 112th day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider concurrence or nonconcurrence in APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills. Mon. Apr. 28 115th day Deadline to CONCUR or not concur in AMENDMENTS from OTHER HOUSE to GENERAL bills and CONSTITUTIONAL amendments. Thurs. May 1 117th day Deadline for CONFERENCE REPORTS on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills to be filed.**+ Sat. May 3 118th day Deadline for INTRODUCTION of LOCAL and PRIVATE bills that are not REVENUE bills. Sun. May 4 119th day Deadline for FINAL ADOPTION of CONFERENCE REPORTS on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills and for CONFERENCE REPORTS on GENERAL BILLS and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS to be filed.**+ Mon. May 5 120th day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider conference reports on APPROPRIATIONS and REVENUE bills. Tues. May 6 121st day Deadline for first consideration of conference reports on general bills and constitutional amendments. Wed. May 7 122nd day Deadline for filing conference reports on general bills and constitutional amendments that had been recommitted for further conference.+ Thurs. May 8 123rd day Deadline for adoption of conference reports on general bills and constitutional amendments after recommittal. Fri. May 9 124th day Deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider conference reports on general bills and constitutional amendments. Sat. May 10 125th day SINE DIE Sun. May 11 Bitmap * Appropriation, revenue, and local and private bills, and bills to restore suffrage are excluded from these deadlines. For purposes of the deadlines herein set forth, the term "revenue bills" shall include only those bills whose primary purpose is to increase or decrease taxes or to authorize the issuance of bonds or the borrowing of money. Bills which are primarily for regulatory purposes which have revenue provisions included shall not be considered as revenue bills for deadline purposes. The deletion from a bill of the features which made it a revenue bill shall render the bill a general bill for deadline purposes. ** Conference reports on all bills must be filed with the Secretary/Clerk no later than the time of adjournment on the day prior to being called up and considered. Appropriation bills which actually appropriate money and are recommitted for further conference are excluded from the requirement that the subsequent conference report be filed and lay on table one (1) day before being considered; however, original action must be taken on all appropriation conference reports by 2:00 p.m. on the 84th/119th day and subsequent reports must be filed no later than 6:00 p.m. *** Requests for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted must be made no later than 8:00 p.m. on the 9th/45th day. The Rules Committee of the House or Senate, as the case may be, may authorize any member of its respective house to make requests, for one or more general bills or constitutional amendments to be drafted, after the expiration of the deadline for making such drafting requests but before the deadline for introduction of bills and constitutional amendments, upon a determination by the Rules Committee that such drafting requests are in response to conditions of an emergency nature arising subsequent to the deadline for making requests for general bills and constitutional amendments to be drafted. + Committee reports and conference reports that are subject to being filed on these deadlines must be filed with the Secretary/Clerk no later than 8:00 p.m. Whenever the word "day" appears in this rule, it shall mean calendar day.