MS HB35

Appropriates $4,824,382 for House of Representatives salaries, mileage, insurance, matching funds, and daily expense allowances, plus $10,123,554 contingent fund for fiscal year 2026.

Appropriates $2,142,187 for Senate salaries, mileage, insurance, matching funds, and daily expense allowances, plus $6,726,213 contingent fund for fiscal year 2026.

Appropriates funds for joint legislative operations ($1,256,523), Joint Legislative Budget Committee ($5,278,110), Joint Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review ($2,882,504), Joint Reapportionment Committee ($323,941), and Joint Code Committee ($420,000).

Appropriates $3,893,237 for monthly expense allowances of legislators ($2,707,022 House, $1,186,215 Senate) and $487,620 for state assessments to various boards and councils.

Reappropriates $3,353,800 in unexpended balances from prior fiscal year for House, Senate, joint operations, and various committees, with restrictions on out-of-state travel requiring prior committee approval.