In the seventh week of the 2025 Mississippi legislative session, the Senate adopted Senate originated appropriation bills.
The proposed $7.69 billion total state support budget will continue to be deliberated throughout the session. These bills include an $841 million budget for Institutions of Higher Learning and $298 million for community and junior colleges.
Senators passed a rules calendar commending exemplary Mississippi.
The Senate met a Monday, Feb. 17, deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider general bills and constitutional amendments originating in the Senate.
The Senate this week faced a Monday, Feb. 24, deadline for making requests for appropriations and revenue bills to be drafted; a Wednesday, Feb. 26, deadline for original floor action on appropriations and revenue bills originating in the Senate; and a Thursday, Feb. 27, deadline for reconsideration and passage of appropriations and revenue bills originating in the Senate.
There is a Friday, Feb. 28, deadline to dispose of motions to reconsider appropriation and revenue bills originating in the Senate.
