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• Received in the Senate on January 11, 2010, to give the governor more budget-cutting power to reduce by 10 percent the funds in selected state programs while sparing others. Current law allows the governor to cut what the Legislature appropriated when revenues fall below what had been budgeted. However, he must cut all areas of government by 5 percent before he can make bigger cuts. Gov. Haley Barbour wants the power to cut some programs above that level but exempt others from the decrease.
  • Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on January 11, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. Jack Gordon (D) on January 13, 2010. The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on January 13, 2010.
  • Amendment offered by Sen. David Jordan (D) on January 14, 2010. The amendment failed by voice vote in the Senate on January 14, 2010.
    • Substitute offered by Sen. Alice Harden (D) on January 14, 2010. The substitute failed 14 to 34 in the Senate on January 14, 2010.
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• Passed 29 to 19 in the Senate on January 14, 2010.
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• Received in the House on January 14, 2010.
  • Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on January 14, 2010.
    • Amendment offered in the House on January 25, 2010, to take $50 million from the state’s rainy day account and another $50 million from the state’s tobacco trust fund to help offset midyear cuts ordered by Gov. Haley Barbour to balance the state budget. The money would go to schools, district attorneys, the state Highway Safety Patrol, the Department of Human Services and other state agencies. The amendment passed 74 to 47 in the House on January 25, 2010.
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    • Reported to the House on January 25, 2010, to take $50 million from the state’s rainy day account and another $50 million from the state’s tobacco trust fund to help offset midyear cuts ordered by Gov. Haley Barbour to balance the state budget. The money would go to schools, district attorneys, the state Highway Safety Patrol, the Department of Human Services and other state agencies.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Philip Gunn (R) on January 26, 2010, to not use the $50 million from the rainy day fund and only take the $50 million in tobacco funds for prisons, district attorneys, the Department of Health and other areas of government. Schools were largely left out of this alternative. The amendment failed 49 to 72 in the House on January 26, 2010.
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  • Amendment offered by Rep. Bennett Malone (D) on January 26, 2010, to exempt the state Department of Corrections from more budget cuts. The amendment passed 79 to 41 in the House on January 26, 2010.
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• Passed 73 to 47 in the House on January 26, 2010, to take $50 million from the state’s rainy day account and another $50 million from the state’s tobacco trust fund to help offset midyear cuts ordered by Gov. Haley Barbour to balance the state budget. The money would go to schools, district attorneys, the state Highway Safety Patrol, the Department of Human Services and other state agencies.
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• Motion in the Senate on February 1, 2010, was approved to reject the House version of the bill and send it to a conference committee to negotiate a compromise.
• The motion passed 25 to 23 in the Senate on February 1, 2010, to reject the House version of the bill and send it to a conference committee to negotiate a compromise.
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• Received in the House on February 5, 2010, for the appointment of bill conferees.
• Passed 117 to 2 in the House on March 3, 2010, to restore $82 million of the $460 million Gov. Haley Barbour cut to balance the state budget. Schools get most of the money -– about $40 million -- while state prisons, district attorneys, mental health facilities and other agencies get shares. Most of the restoration money -- $58 million -– is from surplus funds Mississippi has won from its 1994 lawsuit against tobacco companies. Also included in the $82 million appropriation is $14 million from health care funds being reimbursed to Mississippi because of recent changes in federal policy.
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• Received in the Senate on February 9, 2010.
• Passed 48 to 0 in the Senate on March 3, 2010, to restore $82 million of the $460 million Gov. Haley Barbour cut to balance the state budget. Schools get most of the money -– about $40 million -- while state prisons, district attorneys, mental health facilities and other agencies get shares. Most of the restoration money -- $58 million -– is from surplus funds Mississippi has won from its 1994 lawsuit against tobacco companies. Also included in the $82 million appropriation is $14 million from health care funds being reimbursed to Mississippi because of recent changes in federal policy.
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• Signed by Gov. Haley Barbour on March 11, 2010, to restore $82 million of the $460 million he previously cut to balance the state budget. Schools get most of the money -– about $40 million -- while state prisons, district attorneys, mental health facilities and other agencies get shares. Most of the restoration money -- $58 million -– is from surplus funds Mississippi has won from its 1994 lawsuit against tobacco companies. Also included in the $82 million appropriation is $14 million from health care funds being reimbursed to Mississippi because of recent changes in federal policy.