Mississippi House of Representatives

What Mississippi House of Representatives does

The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It consists of 122 elected members who represent districts across the state, alongside the 52-member Mississippi Senate in the upper chamber. The institution was established upon Mississippi's admission to the Union in 1817 and has operated from the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson since the current building's completion in 1903. The Capitol, designed by architect Theodore Link, was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1986 and a National Historic Landmark in 2016. Legislative leadership includes Speaker of the House Jason White and Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann, who presides over the Senate.

The institution's core technology platform is the Legislative Information System available at legislature.ms.gov, which provides measure search, text search, daily action reports, and access to the Mississippi Code of 1972 with session data dating from 1999. Live and archived webcasts of House and Senate sessions are streamed via the Mississippi Legislature YouTube channel, and a 30-minute Virtual Capitol Tour extends public access digitally. Visitor services include free guided tours (Monday-Friday at 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 2:30 p.m.), self-guided tour materials available in ten languages, public galleries during legislative sessions, a volunteer program, and a paid internship program ($12/hour). The Capitol Gift Shop operates as a small ancillary retail operation selling Mississippi-themed merchandise.

The House is funded through state taxation as a government entity and does not charge citizens for legislative services. The institution generates no commercial revenue in the conventional sense. Distribution to citizens occurs through physical Capitol access, the legislature.ms.gov website, YouTube live webcasts, and an Instagram presence (@mscapitol). The segment served is exclusively Mississippi residents, with the institution holding a constitutional monopoly on state-level lawmaking, budget appropriations, and gubernatorial appointment confirmation within the state.

Name

Mississippi House of Representatives

Legal name

Mississippi Legislature

Website

https://legislature.ms.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1817

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Mississippi House of Representatives is the 122-member lower chamber of the Mississippi state legislature, responsible for enacting state laws, appropriating funds, and representing constituents from the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

State Legislative Services

NAICS

Legislative Bodies (921120), Legislative Bodies (92112), Executive and Legislative Offices, Combined (92114)

akta.pro primary industry

State Legislature/Regional Assembly Administration (BPAIABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Parliamentary/Government Proceedings Channels (MPABAIAL)

Keywords

• State legislative services
• Lawmaking and policy
• Constituent representation
• Legislative information systems
• Public government affairs

Headquarters

HQ city

Jackson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Mississippi Legislature, consisting of 122 elected Representatives. It creates state laws, appropriates and oversees the state budget, represents district constituents, conducts committee reviews of policy issues, and confirms gubernatorial appointments. It also provides public access to legislative proceedings through a Legislative Information System, live webcasts, public galleries, and Capitol tours.

Product overview

The Mississippi Legislature website provides a unified legislative information platform consisting of the Legislative Information System for accessing bills, resolutions, and legislative documents; live and archived webcasting services for House and Senate sessions via YouTube; and Capitol visitor services including guided and self-guided tours, a virtual tour experience, internship and volunteer programs, and a gift shop. The site serves both citizens tracking legislation and visitors exploring the National Historic Landmark Capitol building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legislative Information System
• House Webcast
• Senate Webcast
• Capitol Tours Program
• Virtual Tour
• Capitol Gift Shop
• Internship Program
• Volunteer Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Office of the Governor of Mississippi: The other principal constitutional branch of Mississippi state government; overlapping citizen-facing services, communications channels, and Capitol presence despite distinct legislative-versus-executive function.
• United States House of Representatives: The federal lower chamber; a larger legislative body operating the same core functions (lawmaking, representation, appropriations, webcasts, committee tracking), providing a national-level benchmark for House-specific workflows.

Regional players

• Alabama State Legislature: Neighbor-state bicameral legislature operating under similar Southern regional dynamics, with overlapping legislative tracking, committee, and webcast features as a comparable state-house reference.
• Louisiana State Legislature: Another Gulf South state legislature with a comparable chamber structure, online bill-tracking tool, and committee livestream features that serve as a digital-product reference point.
• Arkansas General Assembly: Neighboring state legislature with overlapping Southern legislative services, citizen engagement tools, and Capitol visitor programs that constitute comparable services.
• Tennessee General Assembly: Neighboring Southeast state legislature providing a comparable bicameral model, online bill search, webcast, and committee features for similar citizen services.

Direct peers

• Mississippi State Senate: The upper chamber of the same Mississippi Legislature, sharing the Capitol, staff, LIS platform, and webcast infrastructure with the House; the closest functional peer in product, customer base, and operating model.

Others

• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): A bipartisan trade organization supporting all 50 state legislatures; an enabling counterpart that convenes Mississippi's House with peer chambers on shared technology, policy, and legislative-services topics.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/MississippiLegislature
• Instagraminstagram.com/mscapitol
• Xx.com/MSHouseOfRep
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mississippi-department-of-human-services

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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