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MS SC505

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

2/11/2014

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Gollott

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Origin

Senate

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Pays tribute to John Hampton Stennis, lawyer and former Mississippi House member (1969-1984), who died September 5, 2013, at age 78
  • Stennis served as Chair of the Banking and Judiciary Committees and was a member of the Ways and Means and Water Resources Committees during his legislative tenure
  • Graduated from Princeton University (1957) and University of Virginia School of Law (1960); was a partner at Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis law firm focusing on legislative relations, public finance, and environmental law
  • Served in the Mississippi Air National Guard for more than 30 years, retiring at general officer rank, and was instrumental in requiring lobbyist disclosure of Capitol spending
  • Extends sympathy to surviving family members (son Hampton Stennis and daughter Laurin Stennis) and thanks the state for his public service

Legislative Description

Pay tribute to the memory of former Mississippi Representative John Hampton Stennis.

Last Action

Enrolled Bill Signed

2/11/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules1/7/2014

Full Bill Text

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