House Concurrent Resolution 26 - Summary

• Adopts the joint rules of the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives for the 2024-2028 legislative term, establishing procedural guidelines for both chambers.

• Establishes requirements for bills and resolutions including enacting clause style, markup of amendments showing additions (underlined) and deletions (with asterisks), fiscal notes estimating budget impacts, and revenue bill classification requiring 3/5 vote for passage.

• Creates joint committees including Committee on Executive Contingent Fund, Committee on State Library, Committee on Enrolled Bills, and Committee to Investigate State Offices or Departments, each with Senate and House members.

• Sets detailed legislative deadlines for 2024 regular session ranging from day 44 (general bill drafting requests) through day 125 (sine die), with specific deadlines for committee reports, floor action, appropriations, conference committees, and local/private bills.

• Deletes prior rules prohibiting liquor and firearms in the Capitol (Rules 36-37) and amends Rule 27A to allow concurrent resolution amendment of adopted conference reports by chair of first committee with 2/3 vote.