Economic and Workforce Development Committee, Mississippi State Senate

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## Contents

* 1 Function
* 2 Membership
* 2.1 2015 legislative session
* 3 External links
* 4 Footnotes

The Economic and Workforce Development Committee (formerly the Economic Development Committee) is a standing committee of the Mississippi State Senate. Per Senate Rule 36, the committee is made up of 11 members.[1]

Per Rules 7, 36 and 37 of the Senate Rules, committees of the Mississippi State Senate are appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, who serves as the President of the Senate.[2] After the adoption of Senate Rules, the committees are appointed. The first person named to a committee by the President shall serve as the chair, with the second serving as the vice chair. Any vacancies that have occurred in any committees after members have been appointed will be filled by the President.[3]

See rules: Senate rules

## Function[edit]

“  | A committee of the Senate shall report on the sufficiency of the titles of all bills and resolutions before their being put on final passage; and it shall be in order, before the passage of every bill or resolution, to move to commit or recommit for report upon the sufficiency of the title. Titles shall indicate clearly the subject matter of the proposed legislation.[4][5] | ”

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## Membership[edit]

This membership information was last updated in March 2021. Ballotpedia completes yearly updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

### 2020-2021 legislative session

Economic and Workforce Development Committee, 2020-2021

Democratic members (2) | Republican members (9) | Third-party members(0)

* Juan Barnett
* Sollie B. Norwood

* David L. Parker Chairman
* Charles Younger Vice-Chairman
* Jason Barrett
* Kathy Chism
* Jeremy England
* Dean Kirby
* Chad McMahan
* Walter Michel
* Daniel Sparks

### 2015 legislative session[edit]

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Economic Development Members, 2015

Democratic members (3)| Republican members (8)
• John Horhn, Chair| • Charles Young
• Steve Hale, Vice Chair| • Eugene Clarke
• Haskins Montgomery| • Sally Doty
| • Joey Fillingane
| • Tommy Gollott
| • David Parker
| • Philip Moran
| • Rita Parks

## External links[edit]

* Senate Standing Committees

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 36)
2. ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rules 7, 36 and 37)
3. ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 38)
4. ↑ Mississippi Legislature, "Senate Rules," accessed February 22, 2021 (Rule 41)
5. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Current members of the Mississippi State Senate

Senators

District 1

Michael McLendon (R)

District 2

David Parker (R)

District 3

Kathy Chism (R)

District 4

Rita Parks (R)

District 5

Daniel Sparks (R)

District 6

Chad McMahan (R)

District 7

Hob Bryan (D)

District 8

Benjamin Suber (R)

District 9

Nicole Boyd (R)

District 10

Neil Whaley (R)

District 11

Robert Jackson (D)

District 12

Derrick Simmons (D)

District 13

Sarita Simmons (D)

District 14

Lydia Chassaniol (R)

District 15

Bart Williams (R)

District 16

Angela Turner-Ford (D)

District 17

Charles Younger (R)

District 18

Jenifer Branning (R)

District 19

Kevin Blackwell (R)

District 20

Josh Harkins (R)

District 21

Barbara Blackmon (D)

District 22

Joseph Thomas (D)

District 23

Briggs Hopson (R)

District 24

David Jordan (D)

District 25

Walter Michel (R)

District 26

John Horhn (D)

District 27

Hillman Frazier (D)

District 28

Sollie Norwood (D)

District 29

David Blount (D)

District 30

Dean Kirby (R)

District 31

Tyler McCaughn (R)

District 32

Rod Hickman (D)

District 33

Jeff Tate (R)

District 34

Juan Barnett (D)

District 35

Chris Caughman (R)

District 36

Albert Butler (D)

District 37

Melanie Sojourner (R)

District 38

Kelvin Butler (D)

District 39

Jason Barrett (R)

District 40

Angela Hill (R)

District 41

Joey Fillingane (R)

District 42

Chris McDaniel (R)

District 43

Dennis DeBar (R)

District 44

John Polk (R)

District 45

Chris Johnson (R)

District 46

Philip Moran (R)

District 47

Joseph Seymour (R)

District 48

Mike Thompson (R)

District 49

Joel Carter (R)

District 50

Scott DeLano (R)

District 51

Jeremy England (R)

District 52

Brice Wiggins (R)

Republican Party (36)

Democratic Party (16)

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