REALTOR® Legislative Priorities Advance Through the Process Friday, January 14, 2022 marked the conclusion of the second week of the 2022 Regular Legislative Session. At this point in the session, legislators are finalizing drafts of bills. The first legislative deadline was Wednesday, January 12 when Legislators...
Thursday, April 1, 2021 marked the 87th calendar day of the 2021 Legislative Regular Session and both the House and Senate adjourned Sine Die! When the Legislature adjourns Sine Die, that means that the Legislature has concluded business for that Session and cannot reconvene until the...
Friday, March 19, 2021, marked the 74th calendar day of the 2021 Legislative Regular Session and another week where a major legislative deadline occurred. Tuesday, March 16, was the deadline for original floor action on revenue bills originating in the other chamber to pass off...
Friday, March 12, 2021 marked the 67th calendar day of the 2021 Legislative Regular Session and another week where a major legislative deadline occurred. Wednesday, March 10 was the deadline for original floor action on general bills originating in the other chamber to pass off...
Friday March 5, 2021 marked the 60th calendar day of the 2021 Legislative Session and another significant legislative deadline passed. Tuesday, March 2, 2021 was the deadline for all general bills to be reported out of committee from the other chamber (Senate committees had to...
February 16, 2021 Monday, February 15th marked the deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider general bills and constitutional amendments originating in own house. That means that all bills that passed off their respective floors and held on a motion to reconsider had to be brought up...
February 11, 2021 We are pleased to report that House and Senate bills for our number one Legislative priority have passed out of the Senate and the House to the respective houses! On Tuesday, February 9, 2020, Representative Clay Deweese (REALTOR®) presented the bill before the...
January 29, 2021 Friday, January 29th marked the 25th calendar day of the 2021 Legislative Session and we concluded a long week of committee work. This means that committee chairmen reviewed bills and determined which pieces of legislation to bring up in committee for consideration. While...
January 25, 2021 Friday, January 22nd marked the 18th calendar day of the 2021 Legislative Session and we have already seen 1258 House Bills filed and 875 Senate bills filed to date. At this time in the legislative process, two deadlines have passed: 1) the deadline...
July 20, 2020 The 2020 Regular Session has adjourned until the first week of October 2020. And while there were many unusual actions and circumstances surrounding the 2020 Legislative Session, a bright spot is certainly the legislative success of the Mississippi REALTORS®. Traditionally, the legislative session following...