NATCHEZ — The Mississippi legislative session is over, and Monday, local residents will have an opportunity to hear directly from their representatives about it.

The annual end-of-session legislative breakfast hosted by the Natchez-Adams County Chamber of Commerce — a breakfast is also hosted at the beginning of each session — will be 8 a.m. Monday at the Eola Hotel. Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m, and will cost $10 at the door.

Four of the area’s legislators, Sen. Kelvin Butler (D-Magnolia), Rep. Robert Johnson (D-Natchez), Rep. Sam Mims (R-McComb) and Sen. Melanie Sojourner (R-Natchez) will be present.

The legislators will speak about their experiences this year and will answer written questions from the floor.

Chamber legislative committee member Stephanie Hutchins said the breakfast could offer some interesting perspectives this year due to both new legislation and changes in the elected legislature.

“This will be the first time for Melanie Sojourner to report, and there were lots and lots of new legislators this year, so I am anxious to see how the session went with the new ones there,” Hutchins said.

“I feel like the dynamics may have been different this year with all the freshmen who came in, and Melanie may be a good representative of that group as someone who came in and had a lot of responsibility.”

Sojourner was appointed chairman of the Senate forestry committee, a rare delegation of duty for a freshman senator.

Hutchins also said she thought it would be interesting to hear what the three veteran members of the legislature thought about a session with so much fresh blood in it.

Coming to the breakfast is one of the fastest, easiest ways to meet legislators, Hutchins said.

“The work that the government does in Jackson impacts our lives here in southwest Mississippi, and these are the people we elect to promote our interests in Jackson,” she said. “This is the best opportunity to sit down face-to-face with them and express your concerns and hear the answers to your questions.”

The breakfast will last until approximately 9 a.m.

“We try to end at 9 to stay on a timetable for people who need to leave, but if you have any more questions you need to ask, you can catch (the legislators) after the session,” Hutchins said.

Rep. Angela Cockerham (D-Magnolia) will not be able to attend because she has a previously scheduled matter to attend to, Hutchins said.