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HB 1013 Referred to Senate Public Health and Welfare, Finance

After passing in the Mississippi House of Representatives by a 75-41 margin,
House Bill 1013 has been transmitted to the State Senate and doubly referred to the Senate Public Health & Welfare and Finance Committees. March 18 is the deadline for these committees to vote on bills originating from other chambers—which

The legislation is doubly referred because it encompasses both Medicaid and tax policy. The Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee is typically the initial clearinghouse in the State Senate on legislation concerning Mississippi’s Medicaid program. It also a custom that legislation in the Senate concerning tax policy is referred the Finance Committee. However, the committee allocation of all legislation in the Senate is the purview of the Lt. Governor—Phil Bryant.


Senator Hob Bryan of Amory chairs the Senate Public Health & Welfare while Senator Dean Kirby of Pearl is his counterpart in the Senate Finance Committee.


Public Health and Welfare Hob Bryan, Chairman; Alan Nunnelee, Vice-Chairman Members: Terry C. Burton; Eugene S. Clarke; Bob M. Dearing; Joey Fillingane; Hillman Terome Frazier; Billy Hewes III; W. Briggs Hopson III; John Horhn; Cindy Hyde-Smith; Gary Jackson; Kenneth Wayne Jones; Tom King; Chris McDaniel; Nolan Mettetal; Willie Simmons; Bennie L. Turner; Lee Yancey


Finance Dean Kirby, Chairman; Eugene S. Clarke, Vice-Chairman Members: Sidney Albritton; David Baria; Terry W. Brown; Nickey Browning; Hob Bryan; Kelvin E. Butler; Deborah Jeanne Dawkins; Tommy Dickerson; Joey Fillingane; Billy Hewes III; John Horhn; Robert L. Jackson; Kenneth Wayne Jones; David Jordan; Tom King; Chris McDaniel; Nolan Mettetal; Walter Michel; Eric Powell; Gray Tollison; Johnnie E. Walls, Jr.; Giles Ward; Michael Watson; Lee Yancey