MS HC63

Commends Representative Alyce Griffin Clarke upon her retirement after 38 years of service in the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 69 in Hinds County

Recognizes her historic achievement as the first African-American woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, following her initial election in a March 1985 special election

Highlights major legislative accomplishments including the Born Free Act (1986), the Alyce Griffin Clarke Drug Court Act (2003), and the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law (2018) directing the first $80 million in annual lottery proceeds to infrastructure

Notes establishment of the Alyce G. Clarke Center for Medically Fragile Children, Mississippi's first pediatric palliative care center, through House Bill 1160 (2019)

Acknowledges her extensive committee leadership including Chair of the Ethics Committee, PEER Committee, and State Library Committee, as well as service under seven governors, seven lieutenant governors, and four House speakers