Dan Eubanks

This is the third week of the 2021 Legislative Session. The deadline for introducing general bills was on Monday night, and committees will now begin discussing these bills in meetings. After Tuesday, Feb. 2, no additional bills will be added to the House calendar for consideration. Speaker Philip Gunn announced new chairmanships of several House Committees: · Insurance Chairman: Hank Zuber (R-Ocean Springs) · Banking and Financial Services Chairman: Jerry Turner (R-Baldwyn)

This is the second week of the 2021 Legislative Session. Because it is early in the session, bills are still being drafted, so floor action has been light. More than 200 House bills have already been filed and referred to committees. Bills must be passed out of committee before they are considered by the House. I dropped most of my authored bills this week, with a few more planned to drop on the 18th after I get the finalized versions back from our House lawyers. The deadlin

On January 5, 2021, the 133rd Mississippi State Legislature began the second session in its four-year term. Though it is early in the session, there were several items taken up and passed on the House floor. House Bill 1, the first item introduced, provides that the flag design chosen by the Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag and approved overwhelmingly by the citizens of Mississippi will be the new state flag. The bill passed the House by a bipartisan vote of