Congratulate JSU Dr. Byron D'Andra Orey upon his election as President of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSAA).
This is a ceremonial resolution (SR 64), not a policy bill. It formally congratulates Dr. Byron D'Andra Orey, a tenured political science professor at Jackson State University (JSU), on his election as President of the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA). The resolution expresses the Mississippi Senate's recognition of his achievement and honors his contribution to political science. As a symbolic gesture with no policy impact, it does not change laws or affect any constituents.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025
Last action Mar 6, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and reorganized with header information moved to the top and page numbering removed. The substantive content of the resolution congratulating Dr. Byron D'Andra Orey remains unchanged, though some text encoding issues were corrected in the revised version.
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Header information including session details and sponsor names was repositioned from the middle of the document to the top.
Page numbering and official document markers were removed from the text.
Text encoding issues were corrected, replacing garbled characters with proper formatting for the WHEREAS clauses.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic16
100% Yea
R
Republican35
97% Yea
Vote distribution
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All Nay
Mixed
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Total actions
3
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Adopted
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
Title Suff Do Be Adopted
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred To Rules
upper
0 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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