Committee reports out bill changing membership of Title 5 advisory council to MDEQ

The committee chair summarized House Bill 1015, which updates membership language for the Title 5 advisory council to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality by deleting references to BIPAC and MMA and adding the Mississippi Business Alliance as a member. The bill also recalibrates the number of representatives to reflect the deletions and additions.

The chair pointed to specific lines in the bill where the changes occur and said a section-by-section summary was included in the committee packet. No committee members raised questions, and the motion to report the bill out passed.

Why it matters: The change adjusts the advisory council's composition and may alter which business and industry perspectives are formally represented in rule advisory discussions at MDEQ. The committee reported the bill out for further legislative consideration.