Mississippi 2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

SB 2959 — Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.

Last action — Approved by Governor

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2018. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

8 added · 8 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 2959 saw a decrease in funding from approximately $5.75 million to about $5.22 million and a cut in the number of full-time permanent positions from 78 to 72. Additionally, the number of time-limited positions and part-time roles was also reduced. These changes reflect a tighter budget and could mean fewer staff and resources for the programs impacted by this legislation. Such adjustments might affect the efficiency and availability of services provided to the public.

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SB2959 (As Sent to Governor) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
SB2959 (As Passed the Senate) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Clarke, Hopson, Michel, Jackson (32nd), McDaniel, Simmons (13th) Senate Bill 2959 (As Sent to Governor) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.
Senator(s) Clarke, Hopson, Michel, Jackson (32nd), McDaniel, Simmons (13th) Senate Bill 2959 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE VETERANS AFFAIRS BOARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.
SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses and paying salaries of the Veterans Affairs Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019 $     5,751,340.00.
SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses and paying salaries of the Veterans Affairs Board for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019 $     5,216,941.00.
$    40,069,957.00.
$    35,382,038.00.
      78 Part Time...........
      72 Part Time...........
     543 Part Time...........
     500 Part Time...........
      76      With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2020 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2019 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2019 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.  Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act.  It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations for "Personal Services" when annualized, with the exception of escalated funds and the award of benchmarks.  If, at the time the agency takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken an action which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2019 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.
      63      With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2020 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2019 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2019 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.  Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act.  It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations for "Personal Services" when annualized, with the exception of escalated funds and the award of benchmarks.  If, at the time the agency takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken an action which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2019 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.
     None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.
     None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service’s Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.
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Action History

  1. Approved by Governor

  2. Enrolled Bill Signed

  3. Enrolled Bill Signed

  4. Conference Report Adopted

  5. Conference Report Adopted

  6. Conference Report Filed

  7. Conference Report Filed

  8. Conferees Named Read,Huddleston (15th),Turner

  9. Conferees Named Clarke,Michel,Jackson (11th)

  10. Decline to Concur/Invite Conf

  11. Returned For Concurrence

  12. Passed As Amended

  13. Amended

  14. Title Suff Do Pass As Amended

  15. Referred To Appropriations

  16. Transmitted To House

  17. Motion to Reconsider Tabled

  18. Motion to Reconsider Entered

  19. Passed

  20. Title Suff Do Pass

  21. Referred To Appropriations

Sponsors

  • Clarke · Primary
  • Jackson_(32nd) · Cosponsor
  • Simmons_(13th) · Cosponsor
  • Briggs Hopson · Cosponsor
  • McDaniel · Cosponsor
  • J. Walter Michel · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Clarke

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (169)

169 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

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Passed 115 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 15002
Republican 44000
Unaffiliated 55103
Independent 1000
Total 115105
% of votes cast 95%1%0%4%
How each member voted (121)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Gipson — Yea
Henley — Yea
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Hughes — Yea
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Middleton — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Perkins — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Staples — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Sullivan — Not Voting
Sykes — Yea
Touchstone — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Willis — Not Voting
Wilson — Yea
Wooten — Yea
Young — Yea
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Nays--Bomgar — Nay
Baker — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Huddleston (15th) — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Johnson (94th) — Yea
Bo Brown Democrat Not Voting
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Not Voting
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
Jeramey Anderson Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Fred Shanks Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Yea
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage as Amended

Passed 114 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 42001
Democrat 15001
Unaffiliated 56004
Independent 1000
Total 114006
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Bain — Yea
Baria — Yea
Beckett — Yea
Bomgar — Yea
Busby — Yea
Calhoun — Yea
Corley — Yea
Criswell — Yea
Denny — Yea
Dixon — Yea
Dortch — Yea
Gipson — Yea
Henley — Yea
Holland — Yea
Hopkins — Yea
Hughes — Not Voting
McLeod — Yea
McNeal — Yea
Mettetal — Yea
Middleton — Yea
Miles — Yea
Myers — Not Voting
Paden — Yea
Patterson — Yea
Perkins — Yea
Reynolds — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Snowden — Yea
Staples — Yea
Straughter — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Sykes — Yea
Touchstone — Yea
Walker — Yea
Weathersby — Yea
Williams-Barnes — Yea
Willis — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Wooten — Yea
Young — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Gibbs (72nd) — Yea
Gibbs (36th) — Yea
Holloway — Yea
Huddleston (15th) — Yea
Hudson — Yea
Jackson — Yea
Johnson (87th) — Yea
Johnson (94th) — Yea
Rogers (14th) — Yea
Rogers (61st) — Yea
Yeas--Aguirre — Yea
Barnett — Yea
Bell (65th) — Yea
Bell (21st) — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Taylor — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Absent or those Anderson — Not Voting
Baker — Not Voting
Bo Brown Democrat Not Voting
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bob Evans Democrat Yea
Bryant W. Clark Democrat Yea
Carl Mickens Democrat Yea
Cedric Burnett Democrat Yea
Earle S. Banks Democrat Yea
John G. Faulkner Democrat Yea
John W. Hines, Sr. Democrat Yea
Joseph Thomas Democrat Yea
Kabir Karriem Democrat Yea
Omeria Scott Democrat Yea
Oscar Denton Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Stephanie Foster Democrat Yea
Willie Bailey Democrat Yea
Angela Cockerham Independent Yea
Becky Currie Republican Yea
Bill Kinkade Republican Yea
Bill Pigott Republican Yea
Brent Powell Republican Yea
C. Scott Bounds Republican Yea
Carolyn Crawford Republican Yea
Casey Eure Republican Yea
Dan Eubanks Republican Yea
Donnie Scoggin Republican Yea
Greg Haney Republican Yea
Henry Zuber III Republican Yea
Jason White Republican Yea
Jeff Hale Republican Yea
Jeffrey S. Guice Republican Yea
Jerry R. Turner Republican Yea
Jody Steverson Republican Yea
Joey Hood Republican Yea
John Read Republican Yea
John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III Republican Yea
Karl Oliver Republican Yea
Kathy L. Chism Republican Yea
Ken Morgan Republican Yea
Kevin Ford Republican Yea
Kevin Horan Republican Yea
Larry Byrd Republican Yea
Lester Carpenter Republican Yea
Manly Barton Republican Yea
Mark Tullos Republican Not Voting
Missy McGee Republican Yea
Noah Sanford Republican Yea
Randy P. Boyd Republican Yea
Randy Rushing Republican Yea
Richard Bennett Republican Yea
Rob Roberson Republican Yea
Sam C. Mims, V Republican Yea
Scott DeLano Republican Yea
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes Republican Yea
Stephen A. Horne Republican Yea
Steve Massengill Republican Yea
Timmy Ladner Republican Yea
Troy Smith Republican Yea
Vince Mangold Republican Yea
William Tracy Arnold Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 50 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 16000
Democrat 6000
Unaffiliated 28002
Total 50002
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (52)
Member Party Vote
Browning — Yea
Burton — Yea
Carmichael — Yea
Caughman — Yea
Dawkins — Yea
Doty — Yea
Gollott — Yea
Horhn — Yea
Jolly — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Massey — Yea
McDaniel — Yea
Moran — Yea
Polk — Yea
Tollison — Yea
Turner-Ford — Yea
Wilemon — Yea
Witherspoon — Yea
Yeas--Barnett — Yea
Blackmon — Yea
Clarke — Yea
Dearing — Yea
Jackson G. (15th) — Yea
Jackson R. (11th) — Yea
Jackson S. (32nd) — Yea
Parker — Yea
Simmons D. T. (12th) — Yea
Simmons W. (13th) — Yea
Absent and those Branning — Not Voting
Hudson — Not Voting
Albert Butler Democrat Yea
David Blount Democrat Yea
Hillman Terome Frazier Democrat Yea
Hob Bryan Democrat Yea
Percy W. Watson Democrat Yea
Sollie B. Norwood Democrat Yea
Angela Burks Hill Republican Yea
Brice Wiggins Republican Yea
Briggs Hopson Republican Yea
Chad McMahan Republican Yea
Chuck Younger Republican Yea
Dean Kirby Republican Yea
Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican Yea
J. Walter Michel Republican Yea
Joel R. Carter, Jr. Republican Yea
Joey Fillingane Republican Yea
Joseph M. Seymour Republican Yea
Josh Harkins Republican Yea
Kevin Blackwell Republican Yea
Lydia Graves Chassaniol Republican Yea
Neil S. Whaley Republican Yea
Rita Potts Parks Republican Yea

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Subjects

veterans
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Who sponsors SB 2959?
SB 2959 is sponsored by Clarke, Jackson_(32nd), Simmons_(13th), Briggs Hopson (Republican), McDaniel, and J. Walter Michel (Republican).
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2018. Enacted.
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