Sign Up
SR 23 Mississippi Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Commend career and public service of Law Research Senior Counsel and Vietnam Veteran Honorable Cotton Ruthven.

This ceremonial resolution commends Cotton Ruthven's 30+ year career as Senior Research Counsel at the Mississippi Law Research Institute and his service as a decorated Vietnam War veteran (Silver Star, Purple Heart, Bronze Star). It honors his military service, legal contributions to Mississippi's legislature, and advocacy for veterans. The Mississippi Senate formally adopted the resolution in February 2025 to recognize his retirement. (Note: This is a non-binding commendation with no policy impact.)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Last action Feb 17, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

As Introduced → Current version · 3 edits
MINOR
This is a Senate Resolution (SR 23) that was amended from introduction to adoption. The changes are primarily formatting and layout adjustments rather than substantive policy changes. The resolution commends Arlin C. 'Cotton' Ruthven for his career and public service on the occasion of his retirement. The text content remains essentially the same, with minor formatting differences in how the resolution is presented.
TECHNICAL

Page headers and footers were removed from the adopted version, replacing them with a new header format indicating 'As Adopted by Senate' and session information.

The 'Whereas' clauses were reformatted with different spacing and line breaks in the adopted version compared to the introduced version.

The resolution text was consolidated into a cleaner format without the original page numbering and tracking marks used in the introduced version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2025

How they voted

49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Feb 17, 2025
D Democratic16
15 Yea 1
93% Yea
R Republican35
34 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Be Adopted
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
Referred To Rules
upper
0 primary · 4 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.