Republican Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann announced the new committee assignments for senators on Friday for the 2020 legislative session.
“We have many challenges in Mississippi which need immediate attention, so it is time to get to work. In the Senate, this begins by naming our chairmen and women, and vice chairmen and women,” Hosemann said. “I am looking forward to working with these leaders and the entire membership over the next four years to enact policy which will leave a positive, lasting impact on our children and grandchildren.”
District 15 Sen. Gary Jackson, R-French Camp, was appointed chairman of the Municipalities Committee and vice chairman of the Energy Committee. District 15 includes all of Choctaw and Webster counties, and parts of Oktibbeha and Montgomery counties.
House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, announced his first committee assignments Jan. 8, according to published reports. He named Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, as vice chair of House Appropriations. Oliver represents District 46, which includes the Bluff Springs, Cadaretta and Fay precincts in Webster County.
The new four-year term of the Mississippi Legislature began Jan. 7.
