Bill Number | Bill Description | ||||
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1. |
HB 1 Good Policy |
Campaign finance reports; require candidates for county, county district and municipal offices to file with Secretary of State. | |||
Analysis: Campaign finance reform bill requiring local and municipal candidates to file directly to the Secretary of State. | |||||
2. |
HB 2 Good Policy |
Campaign finance reports; shall be available on county and municipal websites. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for citizens to easily view campaign finance reports on local county and municipality websites to be more informed and to promote accountability and transparency. | |||||
3. |
HB 3 Not Rated |
Third party delivery service; prohibit from using name, likeness, trademark or intellectual property of merchant without agreement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
4. |
HB 4 Bad Policy |
Tianeptine; include in Schedule I controlled substance list. | |||
Analysis: This bill completely bans the drug Tianeptine which is used by many people. This is a major overreach of government. | |||||
5. |
HB 5 Bad Policy |
Kratom; include in Schedule I controlled substances list. | |||
Analysis: Kratom is a herbal substance and opiate alternative and is used to help those with opiate withdrawals and cravings. | |||||
6. |
HB 6 Not Rated |
Casino winnings; provide procedures for intercept of child support arrearages. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
7. |
HB 7 Good Policy |
Fentanyl testing strips; exclude from definition of paraphernalia. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes testing strips for fentanyl from paraphernalia definition. | |||||
8. |
HB 8 Good Policy |
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions made to certain hospitals. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for taxpayers to receive a tax credit for donating money to rural hospitals. | |||||
9. |
HB 9 Good Policy |
Pharmacists; authorize to test for and treat certain minor, nonchronic health conditions subject to certain requirements. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes regulations and allows pharmacists to treat minor illnesses such as the flu and strep. | |||||
10. |
HB 10 Good Policy |
CON; remove chemical dependency services and facilities from requirements of the CON law. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes regulations and certificate of need requirements for certain medical facilities. This gives people more choice and opens up the free market. | |||||
11. |
HB 11 Not Rated |
Birth parents; release identifying information upon agreement by. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
12. |
HB 12 Good Policy |
Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing 'mentally retarded' with 'intellectual disability'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
13. |
HB 13 Neutral |
Water safety; require public schools to provide parents and student information on importance of and availability of local courses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
14. |
HB 14 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MS Department of Transportation for the Statewide Litter Prevention Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
15. |
HB 15 Not Rated |
Regional food banks; DHS establish grant program to provide annual grant funding to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
16. |
HB 16 Good Policy |
Election commissioner; revise office of to be nonpartisan. | |||
Analysis: This bill makes the election for Election Commissioners a non-partisan race, where candidates do not declare any party affiliation. | |||||
17. |
HB 17 Neutral |
Universities and colleges; require to allow MS residents to register for classes before nonresident students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
18. |
HB 18 Bad Policy |
Alternative-fuel fueling station; impose tax on motor vehicles charged at. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an increase in taxation. | |||||
19. |
HB 19 Neutral |
Supreme Court districts; bring forward. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
20. |
HB 20 Not Rated |
Shoplifting; revise penalties for crime of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
21. |
HB 21 Not Rated |
PERS; law enforcement officers and firefighters will vest after 4 years of membership regardless of the date they became members. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
22. |
HB 22 Not Rated |
Driver's license; restore ability to suspend for certain traffic violations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
23. |
HB 23 Good Policy |
Sales tax; exempt sales of platinum, gold, silver bullion and numismatic coins. | |||
Analysis: This bill exempts certain sales of precious metals from sales tax, as well as numismatic coins that are sold for no more than 1,000 dollars. Eliminating sales tax from these certain sales promotes economic liberty. | |||||
24. |
HB 24 Good Policy |
Justice and municipal courts; require to file all legal documents by electronic form using MEC. | |||
Analysis: Currently in Mississippi, Justice and Municipal courts are not required to file their legal documents on MEC. This bill would require them to abide by the same standards as County, Chancery, and Circuit courts, promoting efficiency and transparency within the court system. | |||||
25. |
HB 25 Bad Policy |
Prostitution; penalize procurement of as a felony. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
26. |
HB 26 Good Policy |
Elected official; prohibit from holding more than one elected office at the same time. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
27. |
HB 27 Not Rated |
'Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act'; revise definition of 'eligible student' and 'eligible school' to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
28. |
HB 28 Not Rated |
Appropriations; DFA to acquire new facility for MS Federation of Women's Clubs in exchange for lease of current headquarters building. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
29. |
HB 29 Not Rated |
Income tax; exclude active duty military compensation received by a resident while stationed out of state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
30. |
HB 30 Not Rated |
Public Service Commission; require to mandate annual filings by rural water associations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
31. |
HB 31 Good Policy |
False allegations of hate crime; provide penalties for. | |||
Analysis: This bill provides penalties for knowingly making false accusations of a person committing a crime. | |||||
32. |
HB 32 Not Rated |
State parks; exempt veterans and active duty from paying entry fee and provide discount for campsite rental. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
33. |
HB 33 Neutral |
Department of Public Safety; authorize to investigate death of public officials. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the officers of the department of public safety to investigate the death of local or state officials under certain questionable conditions. | |||||
34. |
HB 34 Not Rated |
The Combating Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act of Mississippi; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
35. |
HB 35 Good Policy |
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect. | |||
Analysis: This bill provides for the removal of a state officer from their office for neglecting their duties. This protects Mississippians from officers not performing and wasting taxpayer money. | |||||
36. |
HB 36 Good Policy |
Campaign finance reports; require those filed by all candidates to be available online. | |||
Analysis: This bill promotes transparency and accountability in campaign finance and helps voters be more informed. | |||||
37. |
HB 37 Good Policy |
Standard Dedeaux Water District; delete provision on compensation of commissioners. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes the provision that allows for the commissioners of the Standard Dedeaux Water District to receive payment for attending board meetings, saving taxpayers money. | |||||
38. |
HB 38 Good Policy |
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require proposed agency rules to be approved by the state auditor. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the State Auditor to examine all new regulations by state agencies to determine if they help the public or are unnecessary and further government overreach. | |||||
39. |
HB 39 Not Rated |
Lobbying; prohibit legislator from engaging in for one year after leaving office. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
40. |
HB 40 Not Rated |
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
41. |
HB 41 Bad Policy |
Radar; authorize use in Rankin County subject to approval of voters within the county. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
42. |
HB 42 Bad Policy |
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputies to use on county roads to enforce speed limits. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
43. |
HB 43 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with improvements to city hall. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
44. |
HB 44 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with U.S. Highway 80 lighting project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
45. |
HB 45 Neutral |
Littering; increase fines and require trash pick-up as condition for conviction of. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires that if a person is convicted of littering, their punishment must include picking up trash. | |||||
46. |
HB 46 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for traffic signal at intersection of East Metro Parkway and El Dorado Road in Pearl. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
47. |
HB 47 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with construction of a bridge. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
48. |
HB 48 Good Policy |
Sales tax; withhold diversion to a municipality that violates state law. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the state to withhold certain funds from municipalities that violate State Law and restrict certain rights from citizens. | |||||
49. |
HB 49 Neutral |
Resident lifetime hunting and fishing license; authorize Department of Wildlife to issue if parent was born in the state and was on active military service at the time of applicant's birth. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
50. |
HB 50 Not Rated |
Federal home loan banks; require to establish a collateral liquidation plan to satisfy a delinquent borrower's obligations to the bank. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
51. |
HB 51 Neutral |
School Security Disbursement Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill establishes a fund in which the legislature can appropriate money to public schools to help with the cost of security measures. | |||||
52. |
HB 52 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Northeast Jones High School. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
53. |
HB 53 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
54. |
HB 54 Not Rated |
Firearms licensed; require proof of mental health evaluation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
55. |
HB 55 Not Rated |
School districts; require all schools to have epinephrine auto-injectors in every building and cafeteria. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
56. |
HB 56 Not Rated |
Public school curriculum; require instruction in mental illness as part of Health Education. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
57. |
HB 57 Not Rated |
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
58. |
HB 58 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
59. |
HB 59 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health for MAGnet community Health Disparity Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
60. |
HB 60 Not Rated |
Charter schools; require MAEP funds to be transferred to student's home school district when student disenrolls. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
61. |
HB 61 Not Rated |
Poll managers; increase the compensation of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
62. |
HB 62 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; create additional nontraditional route for certain individuals to receive. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
63. |
HB 63 Not Rated |
School bus drivers; require to be trained and certified in first aid and CPR. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
64. |
HB 64 Bad Policy |
Licensed child care facilities; require to purchase and maintain a certain minimum amount of liability insurance. | |||
Analysis: This bill is requiring private businesses to purchase a million dollar liability insurance plan. This is an overreach of government. | |||||
65. |
HB 65 Not Rated |
Landlord-tenant; authorize tenant who is survivor of domestic abuse to break lease without penalty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
66. |
HB 66 Not Rated |
Secretary of State; require to provide election officials training on disenfranchising crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
67. |
HB 67 Not Rated |
Voter registration and suffrage restoration; authorize upon sentence completion and five years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
68. |
HB 68 Not Rated |
Voter registration; authorize upon completion of sentence. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
69. |
HB 69 Not Rated |
'The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
70. |
HB 70 Not Rated |
Voter registration application; require to be processed within ten days of deadline and give applicant opportunity to cure. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
71. |
HB 71 Not Rated |
No-excuse absentee voting; authorize for any qualified voter who votes in person at the office of the registrar. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
72. |
HB 72 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle lien; authorize mechanic to seek title from title loan company after nonpayment for services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
73. |
HB 73 Not Rated |
Retailers; prohibit use of self-checkout terminals to scan consumer's driver's licenses to verify age. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
74. |
HB 74 Not Rated |
Photo identification; require for those age 12 and up. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
75. |
HB 75 Not Rated |
Voting registration; require by anyone who receives public assistance benefits. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
76. |
HB 76 Not Rated |
Income tax and sales tax liability; revise method of collecting from public officers or employees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
77. |
HB 77 Not Rated |
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits withheld until full restitution has been paid. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
78. |
HB 78 Not Rated |
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
79. |
HB 79 Not Rated |
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
80. |
HB 80 Not Rated |
Concealed firearms; clarify prohibition for mentally incompetent. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
81. |
HB 81 Not Rated |
Statute of Limitations; remove for crimes against children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
82. |
HB 82 Not Rated |
Child support; revise factors for award of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
83. |
HB 83 Not Rated |
Home inspectors; authorize home inspections on new construction without having residential home builders license. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
84. |
HB 84 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Helping Hands Food Pantry in Tupelo with repair and renovation of building. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
85. |
HB 85 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities of Verona, Plantersville and Shannon and Lee County with certain projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
86. |
HB 86 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Lee and Monroe Counties for funding The National Resource Camp pilot program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
87. |
HB 87 Good Policy |
'Jennifer's Law'; enact to prohibit state and local agencies from establishing traffic ticket quotas. | |||
Analysis: This bill prohibits any law enforcement agencies from establishing quotas for arrests or citations. This protects Mississippians from over-policing and can lead to better law enforcement-citizen relations. | |||||
88. |
HB 88 Neutral |
Natural Resource Camp Pilot Program Act of 2023; establish for students in Lee and Monroe Counties. | |||
Analysis: The bill allows for a program to be started between the counties to teach students the importance of owning land and handling natural resources. | |||||
89. |
HB 89 Not Rated |
Amiya Braxton; revise penalties when driver injures child who is exiting a school bus. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
90. |
HB 90 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Lee County School District for reconstruction of Verona Elementary School. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
91. |
HB 91 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Labor; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
92. |
HB 92 Not Rated |
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
93. |
HB 93 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance with repair of building and parking lot. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
94. |
HB 94 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Towns of Plantersville and Shannon with certain projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
95. |
HB 95 Not Rated |
Embezzlement; revise the list of excluded crimes for expungement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
96. |
HB 96 Not Rated |
Minimum wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
97. |
HB 97 Not Rated |
Metal detectors; require in all public schools beginning with 2023-2024 school year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
98. |
HB 98 Not Rated |
Overpayment of unemployment benefits; prohibit interest accrual or fees assessed by MDES when overpayment results from no fault of person receiving overpayment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
99. |
HB 99 Not Rated |
Assault weapons; prohibit sale of to any person under age 21 years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
100. |
HB 100 Not Rated |
Firearms license; require mental health evaluation before issuance of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
101. |
HB 101 Not Rated |
Statewide Assessment Program; require SBE to use ACT Aspire as summative assessment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
102. |
HB 102 Good Policy |
No-knock warrants; prohibit issuance of. | |||
Analysis: This bill prohibits the use of no-knock warrants. No-knock warrants have a history of putting our law enforcement officers in dangerous situations, eliminating these warrants can help protect our law enforcement officers. | |||||
103. |
HB 103 Not Rated |
Death penalty executions; remove firing squad as an option. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
104. |
HB 104 Not Rated |
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low-income individuals for home repairs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
105. |
HB 105 Not Rated |
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create an advisory board on industry standards. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
106. |
HB 106 Not Rated |
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
107. |
HB 107 Not Rated |
Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2023; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
108. |
HB 108 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
109. |
HB 109 Not Rated |
Counties; authorize to pay poll workers certain mileage. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
110. |
HB 110 Good Policy |
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary certificate of need regulations from certain medical facilities. | |||||
111. |
HB 111 Not Rated |
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons suspended for being out of compliance with order for support. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
112. |
HB 112 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2023'; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
113. |
HB 113 Not Rated |
Election commissioners; require board of supervisors to provide insurance coverage for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
114. |
HB 114 Not Rated |
PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
115. |
HB 115 Not Rated |
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
116. |
HB 116 Not Rated |
MAEP; define 'at-risk pupil' and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
117. |
HB 117 Not Rated |
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
118. |
HB 118 Not Rated |
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
119. |
HB 119 Not Rated |
Medicaid; revise calculation of reimbursement for durable medical equipment (DME). | |||
Analysis: | |||||
120. |
HB 120 Not Rated |
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
121. |
HB 121 Not Rated |
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
122. |
HB 122 Not Rated |
'Mississippi All-Terrain/Off-Road Vehicle Numbering Act'; create to establish certificate of number system for operating on public lands. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
123. |
HB 123 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Holmes County with improvements to county roads and buildings. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
124. |
HB 124 Not Rated |
Joint state-county work program; require DOC to utilize under certain circumstances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
125. |
HB 125 Not Rated |
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
126. |
HB 126 Not Rated |
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate June 19 as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
127. |
HB 127 Not Rated |
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
128. |
HB 128 Not Rated |
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
129. |
HB 129 Not Rated |
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
130. |
HB 130 Not Rated |
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
131. |
HB 131 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for additional funding for crisis centers and outpatient services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
132. |
HB 132 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Holmes County Consolidated School District for expenses of consolidation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
133. |
HB 133 Neutral |
'Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act'; create. | |||
Analysis: The bill allows for municipalities within the same county to join their police forces. This could help save taxpayers money and help smaller towns be able to be better policed. | |||||
134. |
HB 134 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Holmes County Consolidated School District with construction of a football stadium. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
135. |
HB 135 Not Rated |
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
136. |
HB 136 Not Rated |
Budget of county sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector; remove certain obsolete reporting requirements concerning. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
137. |
HB 137 Not Rated |
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
138. |
HB 138 Not Rated |
Sexual harassment; create a state cause of action. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
139. |
HB 139 Not Rated |
Mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age of 21 Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
140. |
HB 140 Not Rated |
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
141. |
HB 141 Not Rated |
Habitual offenders; revise regulations for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
142. |
HB 142 Not Rated |
Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
143. |
HB 143 Not Rated |
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
144. |
HB 144 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
145. |
HB 145 Not Rated |
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
146. |
HB 146 Not Rated |
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
147. |
HB 147 Not Rated |
Teachers; revise duties and responsibilities relating to student assessment and achievement before promotion. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
148. |
HB 148 Not Rated |
Suffrage restoration; authorize automatically upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
149. |
HB 149 Not Rated |
Joint Legislative Study Committee on Electrification of Transportation; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
150. |
HB 150 Not Rated |
Tenth Circuit Court District; authorize additional district attorney. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
151. |
HB 151 Not Rated |
Wireless learning environments; require school districts to develop and implement within two years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
152. |
HB 152 Not Rated |
The Digital Access Learning and Virtual Instruction Program Act of 2023; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
153. |
HB 153 Not Rated |
Public employees; exempt from bad check fees caused by error in direct deposit made by their employer or retirement system. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
154. |
HB 154 Not Rated |
School districts; require administrative efficiency joinder of multiple districts in county into single countywide district. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
155. |
HB 155 Not Rated |
Mississippi Tuition Subsidy Forgivable Loan; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
156. |
HB 156 Not Rated |
School district efficiency; conduct feasibility study on the administration of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
157. |
HB 157 Not Rated |
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
158. |
HB 158 Not Rated |
Corporal punishment; prohibit in public and charter schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
159. |
HB 159 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide increased reimbursement rate for hospitals in counties with high unemployment and doctor shortage. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
160. |
HB 160 Not Rated |
Long-term care facilities; require residents of certain to obtain a preneed contract within 6 months after admission. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
161. |
HB 161 Not Rated |
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
162. |
HB 162 Not Rated |
School board members; authorize excused absences from board meeting in the event of family emergency. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
163. |
HB 163 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act'; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
164. |
HB 164 Not Rated |
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
165. |
HB 165 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
166. |
HB 166 Not Rated |
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
167. |
HB 167 Not Rated |
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt a policy and educate students on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
168. |
HB 168 Not Rated |
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until determination of disability. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
169. |
HB 169 Not Rated |
Compulsory-school-age child; revise definition of by increasing required age to 18 years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
170. |
HB 170 Neutral |
Domestic abuse court program; establish. | |||
Analysis: This establishes a domestic abuse court to help hear cases related to domestic abuse. This will increase government spending, but could help alleviate the chancery court systems backlog. | |||||
171. |
HB 171 Not Rated |
Youth and Community Safety Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
172. |
HB 172 Not Rated |
Universities and colleges; require to provide mental health assessments to members of school athletic teams. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
173. |
HB 173 Not Rated |
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
174. |
HB 174 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Human Services employees; remove prohibition on participating in political campaigns for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
175. |
HB 175 Not Rated |
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
176. |
HB 176 Not Rated |
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic credit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
177. |
HB 177 Not Rated |
Child support enforcement and collection; terminate contract with private entity for and DHS shall perform. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
178. |
HB 178 Not Rated |
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
179. |
HB 179 Not Rated |
Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
180. |
HB 180 Not Rated |
Women's Veterans' Day; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
181. |
HB 181 Not Rated |
Malicious prosecution; require officials or employees involved to pay all costs associated with. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
182. |
HB 182 Not Rated |
Unemployment compensation; revise weekly benefit amount for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
183. |
HB 183 Not Rated |
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
184. |
HB 184 Not Rated |
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
185. |
HB 185 Not Rated |
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
186. |
HB 186 Not Rated |
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
187. |
HB 187 Not Rated |
Medicaid; require managed care organizations to use certain level of care guidelines in determining medical necessity. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
188. |
HB 188 Not Rated |
Mississippi Board of Human Services; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
189. |
HB 189 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
190. |
HB 190 Not Rated |
Cyberstalking; revise to include certain kinds of social media communications. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
191. |
HB 191 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health for making physician grants under the Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
192. |
HB 192 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health for making care grants under the Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
193. |
HB 193 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville in paying costs of repair and renovation of city parks and golf course. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
194. |
HB 194 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Metcalfe in paying costs of repair and renovation of town park. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
195. |
HB 195 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville in paying costs of improvements to its water and sewer systems. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
196. |
HB 196 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Great River Railroad line in Bolivar County and Washington County. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
197. |
HB 197 Not Rated |
Video lottery terminals; authorize lottery board to allow with certain restrictions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
198. |
HB 198 Not Rated |
Chronic diseases; direct Health Department to establish WISEWOMAN and WISEMAN programs in certain counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
199. |
HB 199 Not Rated |
Health insurers; require to use certain standard for hospital inpatient admissions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
200. |
HB 200 Not Rated |
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
201. |
HB 201 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act of 2023'; establish to provide tuition assistance for tuition-free community college attendance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
202. |
HB 202 Not Rated |
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
203. |
HB 203 Not Rated |
School districts; require each school to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building and cafeteria. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
204. |
HB 204 Not Rated |
Mississippi Secure Choice Savings Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
205. |
HB 205 Not Rated |
Public universities and colleges; require to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building on campus. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
206. |
HB 206 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Labor; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
207. |
HB 207 Not Rated |
Mississippi Benefit Corporation Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
208. |
HB 208 Neutral |
Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in. | |||
Analysis: This bill expands the definition to allow paraprofessionals to teach computer science type courses in schools, allowing for more options and alternatives. | |||||
209. |
HB 209 Neutral |
Terroristic threats; revise elements of. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes unneeded, redundant language from original legislation. | |||||
210. |
HB 210 Good Policy |
Honorably discharged veterans; exempt from concealed carry license fees. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds honorably discharged veterans to the list of those who are exempt from paying licensing fees for carry permits. | |||||
211. |
HB 211 Bad Policy |
Health insurance; prohibit modifications on renewal of covered and prescribed prescription drug's contracted benefit level. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an overreach of government by mandating how insurance agencies can manage their contracts. | |||||
212. |
HB 212 Not Rated |
PERS; certain law enforcement officers and firefighters shall receive one year of creditable service for every five years of service in Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
213. |
HB 213 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Prentiss County with bridge projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
214. |
HB 214 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Guntown with purchase of emergency equipment for the city's fire department. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
215. |
HB 215 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with improvements to Carrollville Avenue. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
216. |
HB 216 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Saltillo for making safety enhancements and upgrades to voting precinct building. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
217. |
HB 217 Not Rated |
Taxes levied by commissioners of master water management districts; remove requirement that boards of supervisors must implement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
218. |
HB 218 Not Rated |
PERS; allow retirees working in nonlicensed school position to earn full amount of salary for position. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
219. |
HB 219 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize for not more than 21 days nor less than 5 days before each election. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
220. |
HB 220 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
221. |
HB 221 Not Rated |
Juneteenth; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
222. |
HB 222 Not Rated |
Retail businesses; those that accept credit or debit cards shall have video cameras to record persons using the cards. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
223. |
HB 223 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
224. |
HB 224 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
225. |
HB 225 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public Schools District's Career Development Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
226. |
HB 226 Not Rated |
Land sold for taxes; require chancery clerk to immediately execute deed of conveyance to purchaser. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
227. |
HB 227 Not Rated |
Visual art and music education; require instruction of in public schools as a part of the curriculum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
228. |
HB 228 Not Rated |
Mississippi History and United States Government; require to be included in curriculum for all students in Grades 9-12. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
229. |
HB 229 Not Rated |
Third Circuit Court District; authorize additional district attorney, criminal investigator and victim assistant coordinator. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
230. |
HB 230 Neutral |
In-state tuition; provide that 12 months of residency in MS shall constitute eligibility for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
231. |
HB 231 Bad Policy |
Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program; add fentanyl and drug abuse prevention education. | |||
Analysis: This bill spends more government money on drug education. There is no report on how much money is being spent on this type of program and there is no report to show if this is even accomplishing anything. | |||||
232. |
HB 232 Neutral |
Dairy show; relocate the show held in Lee County, MS, to Pontotoc County, MS. | |||
Analysis: The bill makes no mention of why the show should be relocated. Unclear of reason. | |||||
233. |
HB 233 Not Rated |
Testing strips for controlled substances; require Department of Health to provide free of charge. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
234. |
HB 234 Bad Policy |
Municipalities and counties trails program; create and issue bonds to provide funds for. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the use of taxpayer money to promote tourism and help create new trails. | |||||
235. |
HB 235 Not Rated |
Landscape architects; authorize to participate with multi-disciplinary engineer and architecture firms. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
236. |
HB 236 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax; remove the provision that prescribes the manner in which affordable rental housing must be appraised. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
237. |
HB 237 Good Policy |
Retirement; PERS members convicted of job-related felonies shall be terminated from system. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes any government employee from the state retirement system if they are convicted of a felony related to their job. This protects taxpayers from paying pensions of government employees who were committing crimes while employed. | |||||
238. |
HB 238 Not Rated |
Disabled veterans motor vehicle license tags; revise cerain provisions regarding disability rating. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
239. |
HB 239 Not Rated |
Abandoned motor vehicle; current owner may contest sale of by filing a notice of appeal with the appropriate circuit court. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
240. |
HB 240 Good Policy |
Weighing devices; provide Commissioner of Agriculture with authority to regulate those that dispense agricultural commodities. | |||
Analysis: This bill opens up the avenues in which agricultural commodities can be dispensed by allowing the commissioner of agriculture the ability to grant the use of weighing devices. | |||||
241. |
HB 241 Not Rated |
Campaign finance reports; revise the time for filing electronically. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
242. |
HB 242 Good Policy |
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Veterans Outreach. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
243. |
HB 243 Not Rated |
Income tax; delete reverter on credit allowed for child adoption expenses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
244. |
HB 244 Not Rated |
Baby Drop off immunity; revise age of baby and who may drop off. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
245. |
HB 245 Not Rated |
Medical records; set maximum amounts of fees that may be charged for providing in electronic format. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
246. |
HB 246 Neutral |
Real property; right of first refusal expires on grantee's death unless specifically stated otherwise. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
247. |
HB 247 Not Rated |
Bulletproof Vests Revolving Fund Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
248. |
HB 248 Not Rated |
Tax sales; require conveyances of land to be subject to recorded easements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
249. |
HB 249 Neutral |
MS Medical Cannabis Act; extend repealers to certain state laws for Departments of Health and Revenue in connection with. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
250. |
HB 250 Not Rated |
Medicaid; revise certain provisions regarding managed care providers and payments during appeals. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
251. |
HB 251 Not Rated |
Medicaid; restrict frequency of managed care organizations transferring enrollees to other organizations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
252. |
HB 252 Neutral |
Festival wine permits; extend repealers on authority to issue and certain provisions relating to. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends the repealer to exempt festival wine permit holders from being forced to buy their alcohol from the DOR's distribution warehouse. This does promote some free market principles, but the more free market solution would be to abolish the DOR warehouse and its' monopoly. | |||||
253. |
HB 253 Neutral |
DUI suspension; clarify how the 120 days are counted. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
254. |
HB 254 Neutral |
Petroleum Products Inspection Law; extend repealers on definitions and penalties under. | |||
Analysis: The bill extends a repealer on the penalties for the petroleum products inspection law. It keeps in place the current process of penalties for faulty or dangerous pumps | |||||
255. |
HB 255 Not Rated |
Oil & gas severance taxes; extend repealers on lower rate for production from horizontally drilled wells. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
256. |
HB 256 Neutral |
Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation; extend repealer on requirement that audits be submitted by November 15. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends the provision of law that requires the corporation to submit its annual audit to the ag department by november 15. | |||||
257. |
HB 257 Neutral |
Physical therapists; not required to have prior work experience to work at PPEC center. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes a regulation to allow for more candidates to be considered for the PPEC center. | |||||
258. |
HB 258 Not Rated |
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund; extend repealers on statutes relating to sales tax distribution and state public school building fund. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
259. |
HB 259 Neutral |
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on registration statutes. | |||
Analysis: This bill deletes the repealer on the law for the continuing education requirements for medical radiation technologists. | |||||
260. |
HB 260 Not Rated |
Failing school districts; extend repealer on alternative method of appointing new local school board after impairments are corrected. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
261. |
HB 261 Neutral |
Income tax; extend credit for qualified contributions to an endowed fund at qualified community foundations. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for a tax credit when contributed to a qualified community foundation. | |||||
262. |
HB 262 Not Rated |
Income tax; extend reverter on credit allowed for child adoption expenses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
263. |
HB 263 Neutral |
Municipalities; extend repealer on authority to create program addressing delinquent customer water bills. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
264. |
HB 264 Neutral |
Energy Efficiency standards on buildings; extend repealer on statute requiring certain buildings to meet. | |||
Analysis: The bill extends a repealer on a requirement that new construction and alteration of government buildings promote efficient energy use. | |||||
265. |
HB 265 Good Policy |
The Second Amendment Preservation Act; create to provide that the Legislature preempts local firearms ordinances. | |||
Analysis: This bill provides protections for the citizens of Mississippi against local, state, and federal laws that infringe upon the 2nd amendment. | |||||
266. |
HB 266 Neutral |
Department of Public Safety Headquarters Office; name in honor of Commissioner David R. Huggins. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
267. |
HB 267 Not Rated |
Expungement; authorize for embezzlement by a state, county, city or town officer 14 years after completing all terms and conditions of sentences. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
268. |
HB 268 Not Rated |
Expungement; remove embezzlement by officers from the list of nonexpungeable crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
269. |
HB 269 Not Rated |
State aid system of roads; increase maximum total mileage of by 400 miles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
270. |
HB 270 Not Rated |
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
271. |
HB 271 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department for funding Health Care Impact Grant Program for hospitals and nursing facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
272. |
HB 272 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department for Local Provider Innovation Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
273. |
HB 273 Bad Policy |
Health Care Impact Grant Program; establish to provide grants to hospitals and nursing facilities. | |||
Analysis: This bill is using more taxpayer dollars to fund medical facilities and growing the reliance of our healthcare system on the state. | |||||
274. |
HB 274 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching program for schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
275. |
HB 275 Good Policy |
Physical therapists; authorize to perform services without referral from another health care provider. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary regulations on physical therapists and their clients and allows Mississippians to receive the care they need. | |||||
276. |
HB 276 Not Rated |
State Board of Physical Therapy, authorize to issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
277. |
HB 277 Not Rated |
State identification; authorize permanent identification for permanent residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
278. |
HB 278 Not Rated |
Video surveillance cameras; require to be installed in classrooms and certain other areas of public schools and postsecondary educational institutions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
279. |
HB 279 Neutral |
TikTok application; prohibit use of on state-issued devices. | |||
Analysis: This bill prohibits those using state issued devices from downloading and using tiktok. This could help prevent the wasting of taxpayer dollars. | |||||
280. |
HB 280 Not Rated |
Foreign governments; prohibit sale of agricultural lands to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
281. |
HB 281 Not Rated |
Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
282. |
HB 282 Not Rated |
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenders and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
283. |
HB 283 Not Rated |
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
284. |
HB 284 Not Rated |
Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
285. |
HB 285 Not Rated |
Habitual offender law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
286. |
HB 286 Not Rated |
Habitual offender law; authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
287. |
HB 287 Neutral |
Mississippi Forestry Commission; authorize to electronically accept bids for timber sales. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the forestry commission to accept electronic bids for the sale of timber. | |||||
288. |
HB 288 Good Policy |
Public Utilities Staff; authorize certain personnel to be filled by consulting contract. | |||
Analysis: allows the executive director of the public utilities staff to fill positions with consulting contractors or competitively appointed | |||||
289. |
HB 289 Not Rated |
Hunting and fishing license fees; include training facilities in list of designated purposes for use of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
290. |
HB 290 Not Rated |
Indigenous Peoples' Day; declare second Monday in October as a day of observance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
291. |
HB 291 Not Rated |
Corporal punishment; require school districts that allow to adopt a policy allowing parents to opt in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
292. |
HB 292 Not Rated |
Municipalities; prohibit from receiving certain funds if police department is defunded. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
293. |
HB 293 Not Rated |
Teacher and administrator license; deny or revoke for those who physically abuse a student. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
294. |
HB 294 Good Policy |
Face masks; prohibit public schools and universities and colleges from requiring students to wear. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects students' personal liberties by prohibiting public institutions of learning from requiring them to wear face masks. | |||||
295. |
HB 295 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; require to receive training on IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
296. |
HB 296 Not Rated |
Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing 'mentally retarded' with 'intellectual disability'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
297. |
HB 297 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Marshall County for completing the Potts Camp Railroad Bridge and Bypass Project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
298. |
HB 298 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Byhalia with infrastructure improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
299. |
HB 299 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Marshall County in improving Barringer Road for Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park access. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
300. |
HB 300 Not Rated |
Immunity for law enforcement officers; authorize when claimant is convicted for resisting arrest. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
301. |
HB 301 Not Rated |
School boards; authorize to establish specialized security and threat mitigation teams. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
302. |
HB 302 Good Policy |
'Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act'; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill prohibits public colleges and universities from denying benefits and privileges to students and student groups based on their religious or political affiliations. This bill promotes free speech on college campuses. | |||||
303. |
HB 303 Not Rated |
Electric vehicle tax; exempt lowspeed vehicles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
304. |
HB 304 Not Rated |
Mattresses; require seller to give notice when previously owned. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
305. |
HB 305 Not Rated |
Mississippi Access to Care Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
306. |
HB 306 Not Rated |
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
307. |
HB 307 Not Rated |
DUI; revise violations of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
308. |
HB 308 Not Rated |
Officers who may administer oaths; add chiefs of police and sheriffs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
309. |
HB 309 Not Rated |
Indecent assault; create the crime of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
310. |
HB 310 Not Rated |
State park fee; authorize MDWFP to provide discount to senior citizens age 65 and older. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
311. |
HB 311 Not Rated |
Sexual battery; remove statute of limitations for prosecution of crime of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
312. |
HB 312 Not Rated |
Hunting and fishing license; authorize Native Americans to receive free of charge upon providing a tribal identification card. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
313. |
HB 313 Not Rated |
Video surveillance cameras; require in certain areas of school facilities for protection of exceptional children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
314. |
HB 314 Not Rated |
State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to license and regulate those two occupations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
315. |
HB 315 Bad Policy |
Health Insurance policies; require coverage of certain examinations primarily related to women's health. | |||
Analysis: Requiring private insurance to cover the cost of a procedure is an overreach of government. Private entities should be free to design the policies that they wish | |||||
316. |
HB 316 Bad Policy |
Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy. | |||
Analysis: Requiring private insurance to cover the cost of a procedure is an overreach of government. Private entities should be free to design the policies that they wish | |||||
317. |
HB 317 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to the Lincoln Civic Center Foundation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
318. |
HB 318 Not Rated |
Immigrants; prohibit Mississippi agencies from assisting federal agencies transporting into Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
319. |
HB 319 Not Rated |
Retirement; PERS and SLRP members convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution is made. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
320. |
HB 320 Not Rated |
Child support for pregnant women; provide authority to allow court to order. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
321. |
HB 321 Not Rated |
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
322. |
HB 322 Not Rated |
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
323. |
HB 323 Not Rated |
Minimum Wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
324. |
HB 324 Not Rated |
Medicaid; telehealth services provided by FQHCs, rural health clinics and community mental health centers reimbursed at same rate as face-to-face encounters. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
325. |
HB 325 Not Rated |
DOC; convert restitution centers to post-release reentry centers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
326. |
HB 326 Not Rated |
Use of restitution centers by DOC; repeal and convert centers into post-release reentry centers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
327. |
HB 327 Not Rated |
Corrections Inspection Council; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
328. |
HB 328 Not Rated |
Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
329. |
HB 329 Not Rated |
'The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
330. |
HB 330 Not Rated |
ARPA Expenditures Ombudsman; establish to oversee all expenditures of ARPA funds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
331. |
HB 331 Not Rated |
Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
332. |
HB 332 Good Policy |
Statewide testing program; cease all statewide uniform assessments and determine promotion based on cumulative grades. | |||
Analysis: This bill eliminates uniform state testing from the requirements for a student to be promoted to the next grade and allows it to be based on the student's grades in school. | |||||
333. |
HB 333 Not Rated |
Appropriation; State Department of Health from Coronavirus Recovery Fund for premium pay to essential health care workers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
334. |
HB 334 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle; revise requirements for scrapping, dismantling or destroying when owner does not have title in his or her name. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
335. |
HB 335 Not Rated |
Income tax; allow credit for investments in qualified clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
336. |
HB 336 Good Policy |
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires that certain counties and municipalities publish to their website all of their expenditures and funds to help with accountability and transparency. This protects Mississippians and keeps them informed about their local governments. | |||||
337. |
HB 337 Good Policy |
Seizure and forfeiture; prohibit waiver of forfeiture and revise standard of proof. | |||
Analysis: Civil Asset Forfeiture is one of the grossest violations of liberty. This bill provides protections to citizens from the government in its' attempts to seize property. | |||||
338. |
HB 338 Not Rated |
Mississippi Retail Marijuana Act; create to authorize and regulate the personal use of marijuana. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
339. |
HB 339 Not Rated |
Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; authorize governing authorities of certain qualified resort areas to allow package retailer's permits. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
340. |
HB 340 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; allow holders of package retailer's permits to sell on Sunday. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes an unnecessary regulation on small businesses and allows them to sell alcohol on Sundays. | |||||
341. |
HB 341 Not Rated |
Habitual offenders; exclude nonviolent offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
342. |
HB 342 Good Policy |
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction. | |||
Analysis: This bill promotes criminal justice reform and allows those who have served their time to be brought back into society and given their right to vote back. | |||||
343. |
HB 343 Not Rated |
Public defenders; increase compensation for court appointed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
344. |
HB 344 Not Rated |
Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
345. |
HB 345 Not Rated |
Statewide assessment program; discontinue all standardized tests except for single test in Grades 3, 8 and 11. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
346. |
HB 346 Not Rated |
Probation, post-release supervision and technical violations; revise certain time periods concerning. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
347. |
HB 347 Not Rated |
Interrogations; require to be recorded if crimes of violence. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
348. |
HB 348 Not Rated |
Youthful Offender Law; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
349. |
HB 349 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Bude with relocation and restoration of the Bude Depot. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
350. |
HB 350 Not Rated |
IHL board; delete repealer on authority to oversee certain construction projects funded by state general obligation bonds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
351. |
HB 351 Not Rated |
State Institutions of Higher Learning; authorize program to provide devices to students when necessary for remote learning. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
352. |
HB 352 Not Rated |
Public defenders; increase compensation for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
353. |
HB 353 Not Rated |
Concealed carry permit; exempt members of the Mississippi Legislature from the licensing requirement for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
354. |
HB 354 Not Rated |
U.S. History end-of-course subject area test; remove requirement for the purpose of graduation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
355. |
HB 355 Not Rated |
Landowners Protection Act; repeal. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
356. |
HB 356 Not Rated |
'Supplemental Salary Pay for Law Enforcement Act of 2023'; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
357. |
HB 357 Not Rated |
Commercial driver's license; remove prohibition for nonadjudication of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
358. |
HB 358 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vechile license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of former Hinds Agricultural High School. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
359. |
HB 359 Good Policy |
Students; prohibit entities directly or indirectly funded with public monies from distinguishing between. | |||
Analysis: This bill prohibits entities funded by state or federal money from discriminating against students and barring them from participating in an event solely based on the school they are enrolled in. | |||||
360. |
HB 360 Good Policy |
Local Government Control of Public School Athletics Task Force; create to evaluate transfer of such activities from schools. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a task force to study the financial aspect of shifting control of public school athletics from the schools and the MHSAA to the local government. The cost of athletics in schools is a burden for taxpayers, and studying the issue could result in lowering the tax burden. | |||||
361. |
HB 361 Neutral |
Postsecondary educational institutions; require to provide certain information to students upon declaration of a major. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
362. |
HB 362 Good Policy |
'Mississippi Food Freedom Act'; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects farmers and consumers from unnecessary government regulations and opens the market for direct to consumer purchases. | |||||
363. |
HB 363 Neutral |
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce; technical amendments related to certain powers and duties. | |||
Analysis: The bill exempts the officers that are hired by the ag commissioner personal information from being public record. It also allows retired officers to keep the sidearm they are issued. | |||||
364. |
HB 364 Bad Policy |
Kratom and Tianeptine; include in Schedule I controlled substances list. | |||
Analysis: Kratom can be used to help fight opiate addictions. | |||||
365. |
HB 365 Good Policy |
Patriotic societies; authorize principal to allow to speak to student body on importance of civic duty. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows patriotic societies to educate students on involvement in civic life in the schools. | |||||
366. |
HB 366 Not Rated |
Sam G. Polles State Office Buidling; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Buidling as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
367. |
HB 367 Not Rated |
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years, as determined by the SOS. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
368. |
HB 368 Neutral |
State identification for homeless persons; authorize. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the public safety commissioner to put into place a process for those who are homeless to get a state ID card. | |||||
369. |
HB 369 Not Rated |
Courts; require to establish certain minimum guidelines. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
370. |
HB 370 Good Policy |
Municipal elected officers; authorize removal of using the same process as removal of county elected officers. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the removal of elected municipal officers to be carried out in the same manner the removal of elected county officers is carried out. | |||||
371. |
HB 371 Neutral |
Bonds; revise purposes for which proceeds of bonds authorized for City of Union. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the city of Union to use bonds issued to them to pay for the cost of repairing roads. | |||||
372. |
HB 372 Not Rated |
Sales tax; extend time for exemption on retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
373. |
HB 373 Neutral |
Hunting; authorize hunters to wear fluorescent pink as an alternative to fluorescent orange. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
374. |
HB 374 Bad Policy |
Wiretapping; authorize state and local law enforcement to use for human trafficking. | |||
Analysis: While catching human traffickers is paramount to the wellbeing and safety of our state, this bill could potentially lead to warrantless spying on civilians. This is a violation of liberty. | |||||
375. |
HB 375 Good Policy |
Ad valorem taxation; exempt real property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
376. |
HB 376 Good Policy |
Cell site simulator device; require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrant before using. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects the 4th amendment rights of Mississippians by requiring a warrant by law enforcement in order to use a cell site simulator device. | |||||
377. |
HB 377 Good Policy |
Ad valorem tax; exempt motor homes and trailers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
378. |
HB 378 Good Policy |
Electric/hybrid vehicles; repeal sections of law authorizing. | |||
Analysis: Removing taxes from the use of electric and hybrid cars promotes economic freedom and liberty and decreases the growth of government | |||||
379. |
HB 379 Good Policy |
Ad valorem tax; revise assessment rate for motor vehicles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
380. |
HB 380 Good Policy |
'The Financial Transparency Act'; enact. | |||
Analysis: This bill opens up accountability and transparency for schools by requiring them to post budgets, expenditures, vendors, and contracts on the school website. This allows the public to be informed about how their tax dollars are being spent. | |||||
381. |
HB 381 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits a person may own. | |||
Analysis: The alcohol industry is one of the most over-regulated industries in the state of Mississippi. This bill increases the amount of package retailer permits a person may have, which is a positive step in removing prohibition and regulation | |||||
382. |
HB 382 Not Rated |
Sales tax; create sales tax diversion to the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
383. |
HB 383 Good Policy |
Oil and gas severance taxes; extend repealer on lower rate for production from horizontally drilled wells. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends the repealer by 5 years for the law that provides a special tax provision for horizontally drilled oil wells to have a tax on produced oil reduced from 6% to 1.3%. All traditionally drilled oil wells will remain at the 6% tax rate. | |||||
384. |
HB 384 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; authorize local authorities of wet jurisdiction to permit package retail sales on Sunday. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes prohibition and allows local governments to permit the sale of alcohol on Sunday. This helps Mississippians have more choice and freedom, and removes unnecessary regulation. | |||||
385. |
HB 385 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary prohibition and allows Mississippians to purchase wine and have it delivered to their house. This opens up the free market and allows Mississippians more choice. | |||||
386. |
HB 386 Not Rated |
Year of teaching experience; permit school districts to credit for certain postsecondary personnel upon employment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
387. |
HB 387 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; revise salary scale for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
388. |
HB 388 Bad Policy |
Income tax; revise local governmental entities that may collect debt by a setoff against a debtor's refund. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows local governments and boards of corporations appointed by local government to take your tax refund to pay for your water or trash bill | |||||
389. |
HB 389 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Punkin Water Association for costs of drinking water projects under ARPA. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
390. |
HB 390 Neutral |
Historic property income tax credit; revise certain provisions regarding. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends the amount of time a taxpayer can claim a rebate from one year to anytime after the certification of the rebate. | |||||
391. |
HB 391 Not Rated |
Direct recording electronic voting equipement (DRE); extend repealer on authority of counties and municipalities to use. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
392. |
HB 392 Neutral |
Income tax; extend tax years for employer taxpayer to claim credit for employees' blood donations during blood drive. | |||
Analysis: The bill extends the time that an employer can claim tax credits for blood donations by employees until 2026. | |||||
393. |
HB 393 Good Policy |
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; extend repealer on authority to sell and purchase without a prescription certain products containing. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends the ability of people to purchase certain products over the counter. This does promote liberty, but a better alternative would be to repeal the prohibition altogether. | |||||
394. |
HB 394 Not Rated |
Emerging Crops Fund; extend deadline for issuance of general obligation bonds for funding. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
395. |
HB 395 Bad Policy |
MS Major Economic Impact Act; extend deadline for issuance of bonds for certain automotive parts manufacturing plant projects. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the state to accrue tens of millions of dollars of debt to give money to automotive plant projects. | |||||
396. |
HB 396 Bad Policy |
Tourism Project Sales Tax Incentive Program; extend authority of MDA to approve participants for projects. | |||
Analysis: This bill grows the amount of entities that can receive government money for tourism. | |||||
397. |
HB 397 Bad Policy |
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; extend repealers on. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends the repealer on the MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board, a council that costs state taxpayers for the actual expenses incurred so that municipalities and counties on the Gulf Coast can collaborate on utilities. | |||||
398. |
HB 398 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Human Services; extend repealers on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
399. |
HB 399 Not Rated |
MS Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004; extend repealer on statutes making up. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
400. |
HB 400 Not Rated |
Election crimes; revise the penalties for certain. | |||
Analysis: The bill increases criminal penalties for election crimes. | |||||
401. |
HB 401 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission Law; revise certain provisions relating to a manufacturer's ownership of motor vehicle dealership. | |||
Analysis: This bill is a restriction on the free market by disallowing car manufacturers from selling their own cars, unless they only sell electric vehicles. This is an unnecessary regulation | |||||
402. |
HB 402 Bad Policy |
Fleeing law enforcement; increase penalties for the crime of. | |||
Analysis: This bill increases criminalization in the state, and is a step back for criminal justice reform. | |||||
403. |
HB 403 Bad Policy |
Package retail permit holders; require to have a third-party age verification service available on property. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires businesses to purchase a third party service. This is another example of government overreach and an infringement on free enterprise. | |||||
404. |
HB 404 Not Rated |
State assessments; deposit certain into designated special funds instead of General Fund. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
405. |
HB 405 Neutral |
Bribery of a candidate; revise statute of limitations. | |||
Analysis: The bill establishes a 5 year statute of limitations for bribery of a candidate. | |||||
406. |
HB 406 Neutral |
Public records; exempt the booking information of certain mentally ill patients from. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds a provision to keep records of those who are in police custody solely for mental health reason from public information. | |||||
407. |
HB 407 Not Rated |
Sworn law enforcement officers; provide supplemental pay for certain. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
408. |
HB 408 Bad Policy |
Reckless endangerment; create the crime of. | |||
Analysis: Because of the phrase "may place" it grows the size of government and is ambiguous and too broad. The bill needs to be better defined. | |||||
409. |
HB 409 Not Rated |
Mississippi Highway Patrol retirees; require state to appropriate money to offset the health insurance costs of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
410. |
HB 410 Not Rated |
Alderman and councilmen; increase the maximum amount of surety bond that may be given by. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
411. |
HB 411 Good Policy |
CDL; exempt church-owned vehicles equipped to transport 30 or less passengers from requirement of. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes an unnecessary government regulation. | |||||
412. |
HB 412 Bad Policy |
DNA samples; destroy upon request for expungement. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an example of government overreach, growing the governments power to collect DNA samples from all people arrested for felonies, but not convicted. The bill would improve if DNA was only collected after conviction and for only violent crimes. | |||||
413. |
HB 413 Good Policy |
Counties and municipalities; delete requirement for permitting as a condition to construction. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes government regulations and allows certain construction to take place without permits. | |||||
414. |
HB 414 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DPS for constructing and staffing a new forensic laboratory in Corinth. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
415. |
HB 415 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Alcorn County for funding an incentive program for remote workers to relocate to the county. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
416. |
HB 416 Bad Policy |
Rural Nurses Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill uses taxpayer money to provide grants for nurses to work in rural hospitals. It is an overreach of government and a misuse of taxpayer money. | |||||
417. |
HB 417 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health for funding the Rural Nurses Recruitment and Retention Incentive Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
418. |
HB 418 Good Policy |
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain food. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes an unnecessary tax burden by removing the sales tax from food bought for human consumption. | |||||
419. |
HB 419 Bad Policy |
Tourism; provide assistance to destination marketing organization. | |||
Analysis: This bill is a waste of taxpayer dollars and a misuse of government money by propping up tourism and marketing corporations. | |||||
420. |
HB 420 Not Rated |
Physical therapists; require referral for services to remain valid for one year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
421. |
HB 421 Good Policy |
Physical therapists; delete requirement for physicians referral before performing services. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes an unnecessary government regulation and opens up the market for consumers. | |||||
422. |
HB 422 Neutral |
Public land in Rankin County; authorize DFA to assign property to various state agencies and institutions and establish new Veterans Nursing Home. | |||
Analysis: This bill authorizes the DFA to provide different state agencies parcels of land on a site owned by the state, and also allows for the establishment of a new veterans nursing home. | |||||
423. |
HB 423 Bad Policy |
Former First Christian Church property within the Capitol Complex; authorize DFA to purchase. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the DFA to purchase a property near the capitol for more office and parking spaces. | |||||
424. |
HB 424 Not Rated |
Sex offenders and child custody; revise guidelines regarding the best interest of the child in cases of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
425. |
HB 425 Not Rated |
Penalties for electronic crimes by minors; clarify. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
426. |
HB 426 Bad Policy |
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum. | |||
Analysis: This bill is a misuse of taxpayer dollars and grows the size and power of government | |||||
427. |
HB 427 Not Rated |
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
428. |
HB 428 Not Rated |
Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
429. |
HB 429 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with overlaying certain streets. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
430. |
HB 430 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Prentiss County with road and bridge improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
431. |
HB 431 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Baldwyn for the county Road 6105 water line replacement project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
432. |
HB 432 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Baldwyn for the Carrollville Avenue Improvement Project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
433. |
HB 433 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Baldwyn for drainage improvement project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
434. |
HB 434 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Baldwyn for County Road 170 gas line extension project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
435. |
HB 435 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Prentiss County for improvements to roads and bridges in Supervisors District 3. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
436. |
HB 436 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Baldwyn for county Road 167 gas line extension project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
437. |
HB 437 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with County Road 170 gas line extension project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
438. |
HB 438 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with certain drainage improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
439. |
HB 439 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with improvements to Carrolville Avenue. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
440. |
HB 440 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with County Road 167 gas line extension project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
441. |
HB 441 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Baldwyn with County Road 6105 water line replacement project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
442. |
HB 442 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Baldwyn for overlay of streets. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
443. |
HB 443 Bad Policy |
MS Commission on College Accreditation; authorize IHL Board to provide staff, facilities and other means of support to. | |||
Analysis: Requires IHL to provide staff and equipment for the commission and allows IHL to charge the commission for these services. | |||||
444. |
HB 444 Bad Policy |
Offense of failing to execute parental responsibility of a child; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill is creating a new crime and increasing criminalization in our state. This is an unnecessary growth in government power. | |||||
445. |
HB 445 Not Rated |
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
446. |
HB 446 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Freedom House in Canton. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
447. |
HB 447 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
448. |
HB 448 Not Rated |
Recordings of law enforcement activity; prohibit under certain conditions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
449. |
HB 449 Good Policy |
National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS); require all law enforcement agencies to be compliant with or lose state funding. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires all law enforcement agencies to report crime to the NIBRS system. This helps streamline criminal reporting and helps have easier access to studying crime rates. | |||||
450. |
HB 450 Not Rated |
'Seizure Safe Schools Act'; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
451. |
HB 451 Good Policy |
Bail; revise how the amount is determined and authorize certain options for the defendant. | |||
Analysis: This bill helps those arrested on misdemeanors by allowing them to bond out immediately without seeing a judge. This keeps those arrested on misdemeanors from sitting in jail for multiple days waiting on a judge. | |||||
452. |
HB 452 Not Rated |
Theft of street, road or highway signs; provide penalties for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
453. |
HB 453 Not Rated |
Nonpayment of fees and fines; repeal sections that prohibit incarceration for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
454. |
HB 454 Not Rated |
Radar; authorize use by municipal law enforcement officers in certain municipalities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
455. |
HB 455 Not Rated |
Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
456. |
HB 456 Good Policy |
Child abuse; revise definition to include gender reassignment. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects vulnerable children from abuse | |||||
457. |
HB 457 Bad Policy |
Ms Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars by using government money to prop up failing businesses. | |||||
458. |
HB 458 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
459. |
HB 459 Not Rated |
Teacher contracts; prohibit superintendents from entering into with current licensed employees for continuation of employment before. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
460. |
HB 460 Not Rated |
School districts; authorize to offer supplemental compensation to Medicare eligible retired bus drivers if they secure Medicare. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
461. |
HB 461 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of perishable food items to certain charitable organizations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
462. |
HB 462 Not Rated |
Sales tax; create diversion to counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
463. |
HB 463 Not Rated |
Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
464. |
HB 464 Not Rated |
Reverse-location court order; regulate and prohibit under certain circumstances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
465. |
HB 465 Not Rated |
Emergency communications districts; require to implement text-to-911 services by a certain date. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
466. |
HB 466 Not Rated |
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP). | |||
Analysis: | |||||
467. |
HB 467 Not Rated |
Biometric Identifiers Privacy Act; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
468. |
HB 468 Not Rated |
Pregnancy Resource Act; increase amount of tax credits that may be allocated under during a calendar year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
469. |
HB 469 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department for MS Baptist Medical Center in Jackson to establish a burn center or unit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
470. |
HB 470 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching progam for schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
471. |
HB 471 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Office of Workforce Development for supporting and expanding the career coaching program for schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
472. |
HB 472 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for Jackson State University for student housing and dormitories. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
473. |
HB 473 Not Rated |
PERS; allow retirees to be employed as teachers and work full-time and receive full salary for two years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
474. |
HB 474 Not Rated |
End-of-course assessments; remove mandatory requirement of passing score as a condition of graduation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
475. |
HB 475 Not Rated |
End-of-course subject area tests; discontinue and require ACT test for all students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
476. |
HB 476 Not Rated |
Holy Bible; designate as the official state book of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
477. |
HB 477 Not Rated |
Trooper training class; require Legislature to appropriate funds in 2023 and 2024 sessions to defray expenses of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
478. |
HB 478 Good Policy |
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; create. | |||
Analysis: The occupational therapy compact allows for those with occupational therapy licenses in other states to offer services in Mississippi, as well as those within Mississippi to offer services in other states. This helps Mississippians access more services on the market and also helps Mississippians grow their businesses. | |||||
479. |
HB 479 Not Rated |
Civil proceedings; authorize judge to assess cost against those that are dismissed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
480. |
HB 480 Good Policy |
Wrongful death; clarify cause of action for an unborn child. | |||
Analysis: This bill equalizes the criminal and civil rights of unborn children. | |||||
481. |
HB 481 Not Rated |
Pre-election day voting; authorize for twenty days before an election. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
482. |
HB 482 Not Rated |
Enhanced penalties; repeal for certain crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
483. |
HB 483 Good Policy |
Sentencing judge; authorize to set date to revisit sentencing of nonviolent offenders. | |||
Analysis: This bill helps those who are in custody for nonviolent crimes have the potential to be reassessed for alternative placements than in the department of corrections. This could help with re-entry and would help the state's overcrowded prison problem. | |||||
484. |
HB 484 Neutral |
Petroleum Products Inspection Law; delete repealer on definitions and penalties under. | |||
Analysis: The bill removes a repealer on the penalties for the petroleum products inspection law. It keeps in place the current process of penalties for faulty or dangerous pumps. | |||||
485. |
HB 485 Neutral |
Sexual assault evidence kit; regulate the processing of. | |||
Analysis: This bill clarifies the time in which a rape kit must be processed. | |||||
486. |
HB 486 Not Rated |
Ban-the-Box Act; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as an initial bar to employment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
487. |
HB 487 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Alfred Alleman VFW Post 2539 in Gulfport with improvements to Post building. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
488. |
HB 488 Not Rated |
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
489. |
HB 489 Not Rated |
Drag racing; provide vehicle in violation shall be subject to forfeiture. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
490. |
HB 490 Not Rated |
Civil Rights Memorial Day; designate the last Monday of April as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
491. |
HB 491 Not Rated |
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
492. |
HB 492 Not Rated |
Indigenous Native American Day; declare the second Monday in October as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
493. |
HB 493 Not Rated |
Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
494. |
HB 494 Not Rated |
Juneteenth; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
495. |
HB 495 Not Rated |
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
496. |
HB 496 Not Rated |
Motor Vehicle Theft Recovery Fund; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
497. |
HB 497 Not Rated |
Fifteenth Circuit Court District; revise residency requirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
498. |
HB 498 Not Rated |
Municipalities allowed to establish overdue water/sewer payment programs, certain; extend program repeal date. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
499. |
HB 499 Not Rated |
Grandparent visitation; revise to include great-grandparents. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
500. |
HB 500 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Natchez with Concord Avenue drainage improvement project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
501. |
HB 501 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for construction of athletic stadium for Jackson State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
502. |
HB 502 Not Rated |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase monthly benefit for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
503. |
HB 503 Not Rated |
Medicaid and Human Services Transparency and Fraud Prevention Act; repeal. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
504. |
HB 504 Not Rated |
Sales tax; revise definition of 'installation charges' to exclude labor services in connection with residential roofing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
505. |
HB 505 Not Rated |
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers that provide paid maternity and paternity leave for employees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
506. |
HB 506 Not Rated |
County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide contraceptive supplies. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
507. |
HB 507 Good Policy |
Legislature; provide that members have individual standing to challenge certain actions of the Governor in state court. | |||
Analysis: This bill gives legislators the ability to challenge the governor if the governor takes actions to limit the individual legislators powers. | |||||
508. |
HB 508 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of coins, currency and bullion. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
509. |
HB 509 Not Rated |
'Families' Rights and Responsiblities Act of 2023'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
510. |
HB 510 Not Rated |
Foster Parents' Bill of Rights; and Responsibilities; create and require to be provided to foster parents. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
511. |
HB 511 Not Rated |
'The Educational Standards Legislative Review Act'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
512. |
HB 512 Not Rated |
State agencies; authorize Governor to terminate certain appointed agency officials. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
513. |
HB 513 Not Rated |
Board of Barber Examiners and Board of Cosmetology; transfer functions of to Department of Health. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
514. |
HB 514 Good Policy |
Charter School Authorizer Board; reconstitute. | |||
Analysis: This bill seeks to stagger the terms of office for authorizer board members and provide term limits for them. | |||||
515. |
HB 515 Good Policy |
Training facilities; include in categories eligible for license fee increase proceeds. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds training facilities to the list of entities that can receive money from license fees by the wildlife, fisheries, and parks department. | |||||
516. |
HB 516 Neutral |
Conservation officer; decrease minimum years of law enforcement experience required to be appointed a. | |||
Analysis: This bill decreases the minimum years to be appointed to a conservation officers from 5 years to 2 years. | |||||
517. |
HB 517 Bad Policy |
Guide and outfitter services licenses; revise annual fee for both residents and nonresidents. | |||
Analysis: This bill provides for a large increase in fees for licenses, costing taxpayers more money for unnecessary licenses | |||||
518. |
HB 518 Bad Policy |
Local Provider Innocation Grant Program; revise certain provisions of. | |||
Analysis: This bill grows the size of government and our health system's reliance on government by using more taxpayer dollars to fund medical facilities. | |||||
519. |
HB 519 Bad Policy |
Landscape architects; authorize to participate with multi-disciplinary architecture firms. | |||
Analysis: There are provisions in this bill that seek to overregulate firms and strip power away from engineers in multidisciplinary firms. | |||||
520. |
HB 520 Not Rated |
Automobile liability insurance; provide motorists noncompliant with may not recover loss in accident with compliant. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
521. |
HB 521 Not Rated |
Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
522. |
HB 522 Neutral |
Mississippi Individual On-site Wastewater Disposal System Law; extend repealer on. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends a repealer on the wastewater disposal system law. The law allows for individuals to install personal wastewater systems on their property and puts forward regulations to ensure they are not contaminating the water supply. | |||||
523. |
HB 523 Not Rated |
Statewide testing program; require tests to be translated and printed into primary spoken language of ELL students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
524. |
HB 524 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA for making grants under the Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
525. |
HB 525 Not Rated |
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
526. |
HB 526 Not Rated |
Office of Independent State Hearing Officers; create to hear and decide matters for persons as alternative to agency hearing officers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
527. |
HB 527 Not Rated |
Licensed professional counselors; revise qualifications for licensure for applicants who meet certain requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
528. |
HB 528 Not Rated |
State employees life and health insurance plan; revise to include coverage for county and municipal election commissioners under. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
529. |
HB 529 Not Rated |
Department of Public Safety; revise various provisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
530. |
HB 530 Not Rated |
Dangerous dogs; create process for complaint to be filed when someone is injured. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
531. |
HB 531 Not Rated |
Youth court; revise the age that a child may be held criminally responsible or criminally prosecuted for a misdemeanor or felony. | |||
Analysis: This bill lowers the age a child can be held criminally responsible from 13 to 12 under the youth court law. | |||||
532. |
HB 532 Not Rated |
Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
533. |
HB 533 Not Rated |
Adoption procedures; revise home study and residency requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
534. |
HB 534 Neutral |
Drug Intervention Courts; standardize references. | |||
Analysis: The bill adds helping with fentanyl and drug abuse to its definition of the purpose of drug intervention courts | |||||
535. |
HB 535 Neutral |
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of 'qualified resort area' under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
536. |
HB 536 Bad Policy |
MSU; amend authority to enter into a long-term lease for housing and retail purpose to extend the original lease term to 65 years. | |||
Analysis: This bill extends a long-term lease for MSU for the purposes of developing housing and/or retail space for the benefit of the university. | |||||
537. |
HB 537 Not Rated |
Municipalities; authorize waiver of liens, under certain circumstances, for costs associated with cleaning menaced property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
538. |
HB 538 Neutral |
Pat Harrison Waterway District; provide county withdrawal from district not effective until close of FY in which county obligations met. | |||
Analysis: The bill clarifies that if a county wishes to withdraw from the waterway district, it will not become effective until the end of the fiscal year. | |||||
539. |
HB 539 Not Rated |
Educational Scholarship Accounts (ESAs); direct to maximize the number funded as possible. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
540. |
HB 540 Not Rated |
Personal and professional services; require the Department of Finance and Administration to conduct solicitations of for certain agencies. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
541. |
HB 541 Not Rated |
MDOC; require to attain consulting services from Department of Information Technology Services to implement new offender management information system. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
542. |
HB 542 Not Rated |
Hunting and fishing license; waive requirement for residents who are honorably discharged veterans. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
543. |
HB 543 Not Rated |
Criminal investigator; authorize additional for 13th Circuit Court District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
544. |
HB 544 Not Rated |
Valued policy law; exempt builder's risk insurance policies from. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
545. |
HB 545 Not Rated |
Use tax; require PEER to provide certain reporting concerning expenditures of tax by municipalities and counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
546. |
HB 546 Not Rated |
Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
547. |
HB 547 Not Rated |
Corrections auditor; revise duties of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
548. |
HB 548 Not Rated |
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require K-9 teams to be certified. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
549. |
HB 549 Not Rated |
Sales Tax; exempt certain sales of property transported from this state and first used in another state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
550. |
HB 550 Not Rated |
Second Amendment Preservation Act; authorize with exclusion for universities and colleges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
551. |
HB 551 Not Rated |
Surveyors license; provide that licensed engineers may qualify for if certain conditions are met. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
552. |
HB 552 Not Rated |
Poll managers; increase the compensation of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
553. |
HB 553 Not Rated |
CDL; exempt county and municipal employees who operate vehicles and equipment in the performance of their job. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
554. |
HB 554 Not Rated |
Bentley's Law; create to authorize court order child maintenance payments when parent's death is caused by case of aggravated DUI. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
555. |
HB 555 Good Policy |
Charter schools; reconstitute authorizer board and require formula to ensure equitable distribution of local funds. | |||
Analysis: This bill seeks to stagger the terms of office for authorizer board members and provide term limits for them. | |||||
556. |
HB 556 Bad Policy |
'Property Clean up Revolving Fund'; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a state loan program for cleaning up properties. It puts taxpayers on one side of the state on the hook for loans taken out by local governments on the other side. | |||||
557. |
HB 557 Bad Policy |
MS Rural Dentists Scholarship Program; increase number of students who may be admitted into annually. | |||
Analysis: This bill increases the amount of taxpayer dollars spent on paying for the school of dentists. | |||||
558. |
HB 558 Not Rated |
PERS; allow retirees to work as law enforcement officer for another employer and draw retirement allowance and work full time. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
559. |
HB 559 Not Rated |
The Phillip Cameron Hendry Mississippi Mosquito and West Nile Virus Awareness Week; designate the second week in April annually as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
560. |
HB 560 Not Rated |
School boards; elect members at presidential election for 4-year term. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
561. |
HB 561 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the sale of wine at grocery stores. | |||
Analysis: Currently in Mississippi, it is against the law to sell wine in grocery stores. This bill seeks to remove this law and open up the free market to allow grocery stores to sell wine. This provides Mississippians more choice and removes unnecessary prohibition and regulation. | |||||
562. |
HB 562 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; revise policy of state regarding prohibition of. | |||
Analysis: This bill is a positive step for removing prohibition in the state of Mississippi. It changes the policy of the state from prohibition to favoring the legal sale and manufacture of alcohol. | |||||
563. |
HB 563 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary prohibition and allows Mississippians to purchase wine and have it delivered to their house. This opens up the free market and allows Mississippians more choice. | |||||
564. |
HB 564 Not Rated |
MS Workforce Training and Education Act; extend repealer and codify repealers on conforming statutes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
565. |
HB 565 Not Rated |
Blue; designate as the state color of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
566. |
HB 566 Bad Policy |
Headlights; require to be used whenever windshield wipers necessitated. | |||
Analysis: This bill is completely unnecessary government overreach. | |||||
567. |
HB 567 Not Rated |
Railroad crossings; require MDOT to review all passive crossings to determine if any are particularly dangerous. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
568. |
HB 568 Not Rated |
Chancery clerk; require to remove social security numbers from land transfer deeds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
569. |
HB 569 Not Rated |
Teachers; allow to participate in strikes in any year during which no legislative raise is given. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
570. |
HB 570 Not Rated |
Teacher strikes; repeal prohibition of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
571. |
HB 571 Not Rated |
Credit reports; prohibit release of information unless authorized by the consumer. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
572. |
HB 572 Not Rated |
State Health Insurance Plan; provide coverage for proton therapy to treat cancer and certain noncancerous tumors. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
573. |
HB 573 Not Rated |
Public schools; clarify authority of local law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate crimes on property of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
574. |
HB 574 Not Rated |
Drug and alcohol treatment; require 30-day minimum in-patient treatment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
575. |
HB 575 Not Rated |
Alternative nicotine; clarify prohibition on school property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
576. |
HB 576 Good Policy |
Gender reassignment surgery or services; prohibit performing or paying for. | |||
Analysis: This bill prohibits gender reassignment surgery or services from being performed on minors. This helps protect vulnerable children. | |||||
577. |
HB 577 Not Rated |
Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; include municipal natural gas facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
578. |
HB 578 Not Rated |
IHL board; delete repealer on authority to oversee certain construction projects funded by state general obligation bonds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
579. |
HB 579 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for research project on indoor production of medical marijuana at Alcorn State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
580. |
HB 580 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Meadville for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
581. |
HB 581 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Pattison Community Water Association for water system improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
582. |
HB 582 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Hermanville Community Water Association for certain water system improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
583. |
HB 583 Not Rated |
Minimum wage; establish at $8.50 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
584. |
HB 584 Bad Policy |
Qualified Health Center Grant Program; clarify that amount specified for grants under is minimum amount to be issued. | |||
Analysis: This bill increases the amount the state can spend of taxpayer dollars for grants on health centers. | |||||
585. |
HB 585 Not Rated |
Regional correctional facilities; require Department of Corrections to utilize for housing of state offenders before utilizing private facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
586. |
HB 586 Not Rated |
Financial credit counseling; require curriculum to be taught as an elective class that is required for graduation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
587. |
HB 587 Not Rated |
PERS; all members of will vest after 4 years of membership regardless of the date they became members. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
588. |
HB 588 Bad Policy |
MS Workforce Training and Education Act; extend repealer on the act and in 2004 chapter law for conforming code sections. | |||
Analysis: This bill funds a state agency to spend taxpayer money on workforce development, which is not a core function of government, as well as funds a 20+ member board to waste more money. | |||||
589. |
HB 589 Not Rated |
Death Benefits Trust Fund; survivors of persons receiving federal death benefits shall automatically receive a payment from. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
590. |
HB 590 Not Rated |
Bribery of candidate; revise statute of limitations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
591. |
HB 591 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MDE to assist parents in paying school districts for cost of lost/damaged electronic devices assigned to students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
592. |
HB 592 Not Rated |
U.S. Highway 49/49E/49W; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic memorial blues highway. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
593. |
HB 593 Not Rated |
Physical education curriculum; require full implementation in all K-12 schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
594. |
HB 594 Not Rated |
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
595. |
HB 595 Not Rated |
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
596. |
HB 596 Not Rated |
Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
597. |
HB 597 Not Rated |
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
598. |
HB 598 Not Rated |
Marijuana possession; revise as civil penalty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
599. |
HB 599 Not Rated |
Schools in district transformation; prohibit mandatory consolidation if progressing toward termination of district transformation status. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
600. |
HB 600 Not Rated |
Presidential electors; revise selection of to be one from each congressional district and two from the state at large. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
601. |
HB 601 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; provide formula for allocating funds for the employment of and increase minimum base salary of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
602. |
HB 602 Not Rated |
District Attorneys; increase the operating allowance of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
603. |
HB 603 Neutral |
State budget; bring forward sections relating to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
604. |
HB 604 Bad Policy |
New programs funded with ARPA funds; revise certain provisions and bring forward sections of. | |||
Analysis: ARPA is a massive government overreach and is a misuse of taxpayer dollars. | |||||
605. |
HB 605 Not Rated |
PERS; retired schoolteachers may be employed as teachers in public school districts and receive retirement allowance and salary. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
606. |
HB 606 Not Rated |
Online betting, gaming and wagering; legalize under certain conditions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
607. |
HB 607 Not Rated |
Collegiate voters; require each public and private four-year postsecondary institution to have an on-campus voting precinct. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
608. |
HB 608 Not Rated |
Online voter registration; authorize for first-time registrants. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
609. |
HB 609 Not Rated |
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all sentencing requirements of a conviction including parole but not probation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
610. |
HB 610 Not Rated |
Sales tax; phase out on sales of certain food. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
611. |
HB 611 Not Rated |
Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
612. |
HB 612 Not Rated |
TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
613. |
HB 613 Not Rated |
TANF funds; prohibit providing to any person whose income is more than 200% of poverty level. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
614. |
HB 614 Not Rated |
'Collegiate Computerized Educational Device (C-CompED) Act'; authorize public postsecondary educational institutions to purchase wireless communication devices for students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
615. |
HB 615 Not Rated |
Officer-involved deaths; require investigation by Mississippi Bureau of Investigations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
616. |
HB 616 Not Rated |
Review Board for Officer-Involved Deaths; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
617. |
HB 617 Not Rated |
Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund; use portion of monies in to advertise for state parks. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
618. |
HB 618 Good Policy |
Transportation funding; authorize public-private partnerships to include naming rights. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the state to sell naming rights to highways, roads, and bridges to cover costs of repair. This is a better alternative to raising taxes. | |||||
619. |
HB 619 Not Rated |
State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
620. |
HB 620 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
621. |
HB 621 Good Policy |
Firearms Protection Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects the second amendment rights of Mississippians from federal overreach and infringements. | |||||
622. |
HB 622 Good Policy |
Seizure and forfeiture; require conviction and establish in relation to certain criminal offenses. | |||
Analysis: Civil Asset Forfeiture is one of the grossest violations of liberty. This bill seeks to require conviction of certain crimes and offenses before asset seizure and forfeiture can be conducted. | |||||
623. |
HB 623 Good Policy |
Appeal from judgment by a county or municipal authority; revise standard of construction for determining constitutionality. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
624. |
HB 624 Good Policy |
Stun gun; remove the term from the prohibited firearms category. | |||
Analysis: This bill helps Mississippians get more of their second amendment rights back by removing an unconstitutional prohibition on stun guns. | |||||
625. |
HB 625 Good Policy |
Local and private bills proposing to extend local tax for second time; require direct referendum. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects taxpayers from unnecessary spending by requiring a referendum to be held on extending local taxes. | |||||
626. |
HB 626 Bad Policy |
Boards of Supervisors; provide exception on prohibition of expending certain funds in last months of office to meet federal ARPA spending deadline. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes the prohibition of county boards spending recklessly at the end of their terms as long as the money is coming from ARPA. | |||||
627. |
HB 627 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax; revise exemption for university, college, community or junior college foundation property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
628. |
HB 628 Not Rated |
Children's Promise Act; revise definition of 'eligible charitable organization' under. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
629. |
HB 629 Not Rated |
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
630. |
HB 630 Not Rated |
Ballot box; prohibit the opening of and counting of votes until all of the polling places have closed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
631. |
HB 631 Not Rated |
Disabled veterans motor vehicle license tags; revise certain provisions regarding disability rating. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
632. |
HB 632 Not Rated |
Back pay; authorize in certain situations where administrative error has occurred. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
633. |
HB 633 Good Policy |
Open Meetings Law; authorize court to void certain actions taken in violation of. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects Mississippians by allowing courts to void actions taken that violate the open meetings law. | |||||
634. |
HB 634 Not Rated |
Baby drop-off law; revise procedure to authorize a person designated by a parent to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
635. |
HB 635 Not Rated |
Starkville High School AP Government Class of 2019 Motor Voter Act; create to establish the procedure for the automatic registration of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
636. |
HB 636 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Starkville for making Northside Drive drainage improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
637. |
HB 637 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Starkville with certain drainage projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
638. |
HB 638 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Starkville with drainage improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
639. |
HB 639 Not Rated |
Nonviolent offenders, certain; require Department of Corrections to house within a 100-mile radius of offenders' release residences. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
640. |
HB 640 Not Rated |
Workforce training, certain; provide for nonviolent offenders in regional correctional facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
641. |
HB 641 Not Rated |
Wrongful conviction; remove limit on damages when court finds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
642. |
HB 642 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties with certain road projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
643. |
HB 643 Not Rated |
Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow persons convicted of certain crimes to practice after license reinstatement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
644. |
HB 644 Not Rated |
Victim Assistance Coordinator; authorize an additional coordinator for the Seventh Circuit Court District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
645. |
HB 645 Not Rated |
Federal funds; Governor can not return to federal government as long as there is still a demonstable need for those funds in Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
646. |
HB 646 Not Rated |
Contractors; authorize counties and municipalities to pay utilizing electronic deposits. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
647. |
HB 647 Good Policy |
Mississippi Adult Health and Privacy Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects the rights of Mississippians by allowing them to make the decision for themselves to receive a vaccination. | |||||
648. |
HB 648 Good Policy |
Milk products; exempt owners of certain milk producing animals from regulation when used for personal milk consumption. | |||
Analysis: This bill seeks to exempt owners of milk producing animals from certain regulations when using milk for personal consumption. This promotes free enterprise principles and private property rights by allowing the owners to consume or to use raw milk | |||||
649. |
HB 649 Good Policy |
Mississippi On-Farm Sales and Food Freedom Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects farmers from government regulation in the selling of food products directly to the consumer, as well as regulation from animal husbandry practices. | |||||
650. |
HB 650 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle license plates; allow reuse from one vehicle to another vehicle under certain conditions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
651. |
HB 651 Not Rated |
Auto insurance; policy held by lienholder or secured party not invalidated by intentional act of vehicle owner. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
652. |
HB 652 Not Rated |
Excused absence; permit for students participating in roping or barrel horse racing events. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
653. |
HB 653 Neutral |
Autopsies; create 'Jenna's Law' to require autopsies to include inquiry about whether death was a result of seizure or epilepsy. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
654. |
HB 654 Not Rated |
Antique boats; exempt from three year registration renewal requirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
655. |
HB 655 Not Rated |
Children's Promise Act; revise definition of 'eligible charitable organization' under. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
656. |
HB 656 Not Rated |
Firearm suppressors; authorize manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
657. |
HB 657 Not Rated |
Youth courts; require to file all legal documents using MEC. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
658. |
HB 658 Not Rated |
Commerical driver's license; exempt county-owned garbage trucks operators from requirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
659. |
HB 659 Not Rated |
Foresters; liable for cost of timber on failure to provide scale tickets to landowners if logger fails to pay forester. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
660. |
HB 660 Not Rated |
Appropriation; State Aid Road Fund from State General Fund. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
661. |
HB 661 Not Rated |
Appropriation; State Aid Road Fund to reimburse for monies expended to counties due to provisions of House Bill 779, 2019 Regular Session. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
662. |
HB 662 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund to be utilized by MDOT. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
663. |
HB 663 Not Rated |
Ad valorem taxation; provide partial exemption for certain business personal property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
664. |
HB 664 Not Rated |
Homestead exemption; increase for persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
665. |
HB 665 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain business personal property from. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
666. |
HB 666 Not Rated |
Driver's license; prescribe information to be included on and authorize discretionary inclusion of blood type. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
667. |
HB 667 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Lee County with repair/replacement of a bridge. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
668. |
HB 668 Not Rated |
Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching Route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
669. |
HB 669 Not Rated |
Mississippi Architects and Engineers Good Samaritan Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
670. |
HB 670 Not Rated |
Nonadmitted policy fee; divert forty percent of for rural fire truck and supplemental fund. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
671. |
HB 671 Not Rated |
Lottery proceeds; revise distribution of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
672. |
HB 672 Not Rated |
Income tax; revise certain certain provisions relating to electing pass-through entities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
673. |
HB 673 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MDOT for replacement of bridges incapable of supporting harvest permit allowable weight. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
674. |
HB 674 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MDOT for matching funds for the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
675. |
HB 675 Neutral |
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise provisions regarding processing appeals of claims. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
676. |
HB 676 Not Rated |
Counties; authorize to choose not to be subject to requirement for permitting as a condition to construction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
677. |
HB 677 Neutral |
County veteran service officers; revise certain qualifications for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
678. |
HB 678 Not Rated |
Mississippi Voter Protection Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
679. |
HB 679 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
680. |
HB 680 Not Rated |
Disabled veterans; establish right to appeal in forma pauperis in certain cases. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
681. |
HB 681 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation projects at Mississippi Valley State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
682. |
HB 682 Not Rated |
State holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
683. |
HB 683 Not Rated |
Indecent assault; create the crime of and provide penalties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
684. |
HB 684 Not Rated |
Income tax; exempt income of certain mental health professionals providing services in critical mental health services shortage areas. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
685. |
HB 685 Good Policy |
Deeds to married couples; create a rebuttable presumption of joint tenancy with rights of survivorship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
686. |
HB 686 Not Rated |
Simple assault; revise to include indecent touching. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
687. |
HB 687 Not Rated |
Municipalities; establish alternative procedure to require property owners to make corrective repairs to property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
688. |
HB 688 Not Rated |
Civil Legal Assistance Fund; specify funding to from certain sources. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
689. |
HB 689 Not Rated |
Mississippi Center for Legal Services Corporation Fund; create and provide for a new fee to be deposited into. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
690. |
HB 690 Not Rated |
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; increase compensation of board of directors and chairperson of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
691. |
HB 691 Not Rated |
Memorial highway; designate a portion of U.S. Highway 45 in Wayne County, MS, as the 'Army Sergeant Eric C. Newman Memorial Highway.' | |||
Analysis: | |||||
692. |
HB 692 Not Rated |
Firearms in possession of a felon; revise regulations for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
693. |
HB 693 Neutral |
Aldermen and councilmen; increase the maximum amount of surety bond that may be given by. | |||
Analysis: The bill increases the maximum amount of surety bond for alderman or councilman from one hundred thousand to one million. | |||||
694. |
HB 694 Not Rated |
Civil Air Patrol members; authorize granting of leave of absence to for certain emergency services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
695. |
HB 695 Not Rated |
PERS; new public safety employees may receive retirement allowance with 25 years of service. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
696. |
HB 696 Not Rated |
Capitol Complex Improvement District; revise boundary lines of. | |||
Analysis: changes the boundaries of the CCID | |||||
697. |
HB 697 Good Policy |
Homeowner associations that provide water to its residents, certain; prohibit PSC from providing certain regulation of. | |||
Analysis: While this bill is narrowly tailored to only apply to neighborhoods specifically within the City of Jackson, the bill will exempt homeowners associations from the public service commission's regulations in distributing water to the residents of its homeowners association allowing those neighborhoods to be more self-sufficient for the purpose of water supply apart from the City of Jackson. | |||||
698. |
HB 698 Good Policy |
Municipal water, wastewater and sewer services; require equity based billing based on use of. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires that municipal waterworks charge customers fees based on actual water usage and not based on property values or other methods. | |||||
699. |
HB 699 Not Rated |
MS State Asylum Records; provide procedures for access and exempt from confidentiality and privilege requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
700. |
HB 700 Not Rated |
Flood and drainage control districts; revise the number of directors for certain municipalities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
701. |
HB 701 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Work and Save Program; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill appropriates taxpayer dollars for a government board to operate a retirement savings fund for private employers. | |||||
702. |
HB 702 Neutral |
Reverse auction; revise method of receiving bids through for agencies and governing authorities. | |||
Analysis: The bill provides a process for state agencies to prove that a reverse auction is not in the best interest of the agency and to develop a better way to receive bids for the item. | |||||
703. |
HB 703 Not Rated |
'Medal of Honor Trail'; designate portion of Interstate 22 and U.S. Highway 78 within the State of Mississippi as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
704. |
HB 704 Bad Policy |
Television series production; provide incentives for certain. | |||
Analysis: This bill is a misuse of taxpayer dollars, giving money to media companies that make shows in Mississippi to promote tourism. | |||||
705. |
HB 705 Not Rated |
Bonds; create pilot program for grants to certain municipalities for security cameras and equipment and authorize bonds to provide funds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
706. |
HB 706 Not Rated |
Bonds; create small municipalities security cameras and equipment grant program and authorize bonds to provide funds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
707. |
HB 707 Not Rated |
Lottery; clarify liquor stores able to serve as lottery retailers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
708. |
HB 708 Not Rated |
Mobile sports wagering; authorize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
709. |
HB 709 Not Rated |
Retired judges; authorize to solemnize marriages. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
710. |
HB 710 Not Rated |
Bonds; mandate election on issue of county or municipal bonds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
711. |
HB 711 Not Rated |
Bonds; mandate election on issue of county or municipal bonds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
712. |
HB 712 Not Rated |
State advertising; prohibit elected and appointed officers from publicly participating in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
713. |
HB 713 Not Rated |
Interrogations; require all to be conducted by law enforcement to be recorded. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
714. |
HB 714 Not Rated |
Tobacco; prohibit sale of candy or food product that mimics. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
715. |
HB 715 Not Rated |
DUI; revise license suspension for test refusal if licensee pleads guilty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
716. |
HB 716 Not Rated |
Pawnbrokers, title pledge lenders and check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that they may charge for their services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
717. |
HB 717 Not Rated |
Elected official; prohibit from changing political party affiliation during term of office. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
718. |
HB 718 Not Rated |
Mobile homes and manufactured homes; give owner of one year to redeem the property after sold for taxes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
719. |
HB 719 Not Rated |
Automatic voter registration; authorize for those who apply for the issuance, renewal or change of address of driver's license. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
720. |
HB 720 Not Rated |
Mississippi Horse Racing Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
721. |
HB 721 Not Rated |
Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, Inc.; establish funding for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
722. |
HB 722 Good Policy |
Controlled substances; exclude fentanyl testing materials from definition of 'paraphernalia' under. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes fentanyl testing strips from the controlled substances list. This eliminates unnecessary government regulation. | |||||
723. |
HB 723 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Transit Corporation; establish and create study committee. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a study committee to study how to spend more taxpayer money on rail transit. | |||||
724. |
HB 724 Not Rated |
DPS; require to establish training component relating to autism spectrum disorder. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
725. |
HB 725 Not Rated |
Social media deplatforming; regulate and prohibit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
726. |
HB 726 Neutral |
Supreme court, court of appeals, chancery courts and circuit courts; bring forward code sections related to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
727. |
HB 727 Not Rated |
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise licensing provisions relating to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
728. |
HB 728 Not Rated |
State school and school district accountability system; eliminate certain criteria for measuring performance under. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
729. |
HB 729 Bad Policy |
'Mississippi Successful Techniques Resulting in Delivering Excellence in Education and Employability (STRIDE) Scholarship Program'; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill is appropriating more taxpayer dollars to pay for college classes for students and grows state government by forcing local school districts to adopt a policy that was previously optional. This is a misuse of taxpayer money and strips decision making power away from our local school districts. | |||||
730. |
HB 730 Bad Policy |
'William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program'; revise to expand eligibility. | |||
Analysis: This bill expands the number of people who can apply to have taxpayer dollars spent on their college loans if they sign a contract to teach in Mississippi. This is a misuse of taxpayer dollars. | |||||
731. |
HB 731 Not Rated |
National Board certified teachers; provide $4,000 annual salary supplement for those employed in areas designated as geographically critical teacher shortage areas. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
732. |
HB 732 Not Rated |
Early Learning Collaboratives; expand to provide in every school district by the start of the 2027-2028 school year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
733. |
HB 733 Not Rated |
911 calls; require a public body to transcribe and release to the public if certain information redacted. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
734. |
HB 734 Not Rated |
DHS; extend date of repealers on and update certain language. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
735. |
HB 735 Not Rated |
Retailer Tax Fairness Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
736. |
HB 736 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Holly Springs for widening a road for the Springs Industrial Park. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
737. |
HB 737 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with improvements to Mississippi Highway 178. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
738. |
HB 738 Not Rated |
Income tax; authorize credit for employers of convicted felons, prohibit certain criminal record/history checks. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
739. |
HB 739 Not Rated |
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
740. |
HB 740 Not Rated |
Spouse and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at postsecondary institutions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
741. |
HB 741 Not Rated |
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
742. |
HB 742 Good Policy |
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time. | |||
Analysis: Many landowners do not own the rights to the ground on their land. This promotes property rights and allows them to obtain those rights if there is no production on their land within 10 years. | |||||
743. |
HB 743 Not Rated |
Employment-at-will doctrine; abolish and create 'Good Faith in Employment Act.' | |||
Analysis: | |||||
744. |
HB 744 Not Rated |
Implied consent; revise suspension period during appeals for refusal to submit to chemical test. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
745. |
HB 745 Not Rated |
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
746. |
HB 746 Not Rated |
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
747. |
HB 747 Not Rated |
Mississippi Scholarship Act; create to provide scholarships to K-12 public school students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
748. |
HB 748 Good Policy |
Tim Tebow Act; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
749. |
HB 749 Good Policy |
Extracurricular activities; require certain organizations to allow equal participation by all students in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
750. |
HB 750 Not Rated |
Alcholic beverages; revise definition of 'qualified resort area' under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
751. |
HB 751 Not Rated |
Income tax refund; provide check off on individual form to allow contribution to State General Fund. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
752. |
HB 752 Good Policy |
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility beginning with kindergarten. | |||
Analysis: This bill opens up the education market and allows for choice for parents whose children struggle with dyslexia. | |||||
753. |
HB 753 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
754. |
HB 754 Not Rated |
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of 'qualified resort area' under the local option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
755. |
HB 755 Not Rated |
Tobacco; increase excise tax on all products except cigarettes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
756. |
HB 756 Not Rated |
The Missing Persons Reporting and Identification Act; create to require local law enforcement agencies to input missing person in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NAMUS). | |||
Analysis: | |||||
757. |
HB 757 Not Rated |
Assessment on certain offenses; revise. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
758. |
HB 758 Not Rated |
Simple assault; add athletic umpires to list that elevates to aggravated. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
759. |
HB 759 Not Rated |
Certificate of Foreign Birth; authorize without judicial proceeding under certain circumstances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
760. |
HB 760 Not Rated |
Recreational landowners; add cycling to the list of activities exempt from liability. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
761. |
HB 761 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Children's Advocacy Centers of Mississippi for distribution to children's advocacy centers throughout state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
762. |
HB 762 Not Rated |
Judicial operating allowance; increase. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
763. |
HB 763 Bad Policy |
MDA FY23 appropriations from Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; revise those made to the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission. | |||
Analysis: This bill is spending an additional 5 million dollars on a technology park in hancock county. | |||||
764. |
HB 764 Not Rated |
Capitol Complex Improvement District; authorize demolition of slum and blighted properties located within. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
765. |
HB 765 Not Rated |
Motor vehicles; require certain new to be equipped with alert to operator to check rear designated seat when engine stops. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
766. |
HB 766 Not Rated |
MCOPS programs; authorize training for to provide at any approved training academy in the state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
767. |
HB 767 Good Policy |
Homeschooled students; authorize participation in therapy services available through local school district. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows homeschool students to receive therapy services provided by their local school district that they are already paying for. | |||||
768. |
HB 768 Neutral |
State Personnel Board; require agencies seeking an exemption from the oversight of to submit written plan of justification to Legislature and SPB. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires state agencies seeking oversight exemption to write a detailed plan to justify it to the legislature and the personnel board. Though it would be better to not let agencies be exempt from the oversight at all, this bill at least attempts to put some kind of protection in place for taxpayers. | |||||
769. |
HB 769 Neutral |
Harvey Moss Wildlife Management Area at Tuscumbia; designate Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
770. |
HB 770 Not Rated |
Mississippi Office of Space and Technology; create to be administered by MDA, which shall staff. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
771. |
HB 771 Not Rated |
HELP Grant and MTAG Programs; revise level of funding provided to eligible students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
772. |
HB 772 Neutral |
Mississippi Opal; designate as official state gemstone. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
773. |
HB 773 Not Rated |
Real estate brokers and agents; revise liability regarding disclosure statements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
774. |
HB 774 Not Rated |
TANF block grant; DHS shall transfer 30% of each year to CCDF for child care vouchers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
775. |
HB 775 Not Rated |
Mississippi Gospel Music Trail; authorize MDA Division of Tourism to establish program and historical markers for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
776. |
HB 776 Not Rated |
Trailers and semitrailers; revise alternative highway privilege tax for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
777. |
HB 777 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with demolition and removal of blighted properties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
778. |
HB 778 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with improvements to senior centers, community centers and gymnasiums. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
779. |
HB 779 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Verona with site development related to the Old Town Crossing Project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
780. |
HB 780 Not Rated |
Appropriation; State Department of Health to provide epi-pens and AEDs in community colleges, universities and schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
781. |
HB 781 Not Rated |
Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations of students failing initial screener. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
782. |
HB 782 Not Rated |
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
783. |
HB 783 Not Rated |
Health Care Facility Right to Visit Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
784. |
HB 784 Not Rated |
First Responders Health and Safety Act; revise to provide that the cancer benefits will be paid by the state and not insurance policies. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
785. |
HB 785 Not Rated |
Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council; create at UMMC. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
786. |
HB 786 Not Rated |
Nonresident native hunting and fishing license; authorize issuance for nonresident natives of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
787. |
HB 787 Neutral |
Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters; bring forward all code sections and authorize to suspend license of licensee for failure to satisfy judgement. | |||
Analysis: The bill grants the board the ability to suspend the forester license of someone who fails to satisfy a judgement handed down to them by the board. | |||||
788. |
HB 788 Not Rated |
School districts; prohibit from denying students who maintain all A's from being exempt from certain exams. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
789. |
HB 789 Good Policy |
Prohibiting Financial Surveillance Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill helps protects Mississippians and their finances from privacy violations from the Biden administration by prohibiting financial institutions in the state to report on law abiding citizens. | |||||
790. |
HB 790 Not Rated |
PERS; county and municipal election commissioners shall be members of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
791. |
HB 791 Not Rated |
Tianeptine; add to Schedule II list of controlled substances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
792. |
HB 792 Not Rated |
Hotel construction projects; authorize sales tax incentive for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
793. |
HB 793 Neutral |
EMS Memorial; Health Dept. shall design and construct to honor EMS personnel who died in line of duty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
794. |
HB 794 Not Rated |
Certified Nurse Aides (CNAs); transfer administration of certification from Health Department to Board of Nursing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
795. |
HB 795 Not Rated |
Shoplifting; require to calculate total price of all shoplifting items for fine. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
796. |
HB 796 Not Rated |
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise licensing provisions relating to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
797. |
HB 797 Not Rated |
Judicial operating allowance and district attorney; revise to increase. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
798. |
HB 798 Not Rated |
Court administrators; revise compensation of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
799. |
HB 799 Not Rated |
Inmate Welfare Fund; increase portion of the fund that is utilized to fund Inmate Incentive to Work Program. | |||
Analysis: There will need to be questions asked on this bill as to where this money is coming from as well as if this program is even helping lower recidivism. | |||||
800. |
HB 800 Not Rated |
Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
801. |
HB 801 Not Rated |
Community and junior colleges; expand workforce development partnerships. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
802. |
HB 802 Not Rated |
appropriation; IHL MSU - Cooperative Extension Service for administration of the MS Youth Preparedness Initiative. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
803. |
HB 803 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Administrative Office of Courts for additional funding for intervention courts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
804. |
HB 804 Not Rated |
Hunting and fishing license; nonresident not required to have if on land that he or she owns. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
805. |
HB 805 Not Rated |
Compulsory school age; revise definition to include children who attain the age of five years before September 1. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
806. |
HB 806 Not Rated |
Courtroom proceeding; authorize video conferences for certain proceedings. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
807. |
HB 807 Not Rated |
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; bring forward code sections related to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
808. |
HB 808 Not Rated |
Youth court services fees and fines; exclude parents and children from payment of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
809. |
HB 809 Neutral |
Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing. | |||
Analysis: Removes the PSC from the process of appointing an executive director of the Public Utilities Staff. This bill makes it an appointment by the governor. | |||||
810. |
HB 810 Not Rated |
Fair Minimum Wage Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
811. |
HB 811 Not Rated |
Municipal Veterans Treatment Court; authorize in municipalities that have a municipal drug court. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
812. |
HB 812 Not Rated |
Racial Profiling Prevention Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
813. |
HB 813 Not Rated |
Employment; prohibit denial of solely because a person has been convicted of a felony. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
814. |
HB 814 Not Rated |
Custodial interrogations; authorize electronic recording of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
815. |
HB 815 Neutral |
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of 'qualified resort area' under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
816. |
HB 816 Bad Policy |
Fentanyl; increase penalties for possession of. | |||
Analysis: This is just increasing criminalization and costing taxpayers more money. Increasing penalties rarely deters drug possessions. | |||||
817. |
HB 817 Bad Policy |
Early Learning Collaborative; increase minimum funding levels for full-day and half-day programs. | |||
Analysis: This bill is appropriating more taxpayer dollars to pay for preschools. | |||||
818. |
HB 818 Not Rated |
PERS Board; require to make investment decisions with sole purpose of maximizing returns. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
819. |
HB 819 Not Rated |
Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
820. |
HB 820 Not Rated |
Appropriations; Hinds County for purchase of video cameras. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
821. |
HB 821 Not Rated |
Notaries; revise residency requirements of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
822. |
HB 822 Not Rated |
Small Business Bridge Loan Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
823. |
HB 823 Not Rated |
Commission on Education and Economic Competitiveness; establish to develop vision for the state's future economic and educational success. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
824. |
HB 824 Neutral |
MDOT; authorize to assist publicly owned gas and water districts with certain removal and relocation projects. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows MDOT to help smaller municipalities remove and relocate water and gas lines located on state highways. | |||||
825. |
HB 825 Not Rated |
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
826. |
HB 826 Not Rated |
Fresh Start Act; revise certain provisions of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
827. |
HB 827 Not Rated |
Statutory rape; create an exception when both teenagers are dating each other. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
828. |
HB 828 Not Rated |
Driver's license; revise certain requirements and create certificate for driving. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
829. |
HB 829 Not Rated |
Expungement; revise list of eligible crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
830. |
HB 830 Not Rated |
High school curriculum; require SBE to develop for instruction in civics and home economics. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
831. |
HB 831 Not Rated |
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
832. |
HB 832 Not Rated |
Disenfranchising crimes; clarify those that qualify as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
833. |
HB 833 Not Rated |
Absentee ballots; revise those who are authorized to vote by. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
834. |
HB 834 Not Rated |
Assistant District Attorneys and criminal investigators; increase authorized number of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
835. |
HB 835 Not Rated |
Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
836. |
HB 836 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; reauthorize issuance members of the clergy. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
837. |
HB 837 Not Rated |
Case plans for inmates; require ordered alcohol/drug treatment to commence within 90 days of admission. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
838. |
HB 838 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Tianeptine and Kratom Consumer Protection Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an overreach of government and promotes prohibition policies on tianeptine which many people use. | |||||
839. |
HB 839 Bad Policy |
The 'Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Rights and Authorities Act'; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill violates property rights by allowing drones to fly over private property without permission. | |||||
840. |
HB 840 Not Rated |
State Public Defender; revise certain powers and duties of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
841. |
HB 841 Not Rated |
Wiretapping; authorize county sheriff to apply to court for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
842. |
HB 842 Neutral |
Office of Workforce Development; authorize to work with MS Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy to create an accountability system for certain nonprofits. | |||
Analysis: The bill creates a system that would add accountability and transparency for nonprofits receiving state dollars and require them to regularly submit financial information. | |||||
843. |
HB 843 Neutral |
Mississippi Department of Employment Security; authorize to conduct background investigations on certain employees. | |||
Analysis: This bill gives the Department of employment security the ability to fingerprint and conduct background checks on all employees that have access to federal tax information. | |||||
844. |
HB 844 Bad Policy |
Office of Workforce Development; revise funding mechanism for and create Mississippi K-12 Workforce Development Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: There is a provision in this bill that allows for the Office of Workforce Development to enter into NDA's to support economic development activities and customize training for new industries. This is a misuse of taxpayer dollars. | |||||
845. |
HB 845 Bad Policy |
Mississippi New Economic Development Training Assistance Grant Program; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for taxpayer dollars to be sent as a grant to junior colleges for training needs when new businesses move to Mississippi. | |||||
846. |
HB 846 Bad Policy |
Sixteenth Section land; revise zoning authority of local governing entities to prohibit restrictions on school districts' ability to build on said lands. | |||
Analysis: The bill keeps local governments from prohibiting schools to build new facilities on sixteenth section land. This bill could lead to a waste of taxpayer with no representation. | |||||
847. |
HB 847 Not Rated |
Residential builders and remodelers laws; revise certain licensing provisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
848. |
HB 848 Neutral |
Mississippi Digital Asset Mining Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
849. |
HB 849 Not Rated |
Securities laws; provide certain exemptions regarding blockchain tokens. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
850. |
HB 850 Good Policy |
School ad valorem tax levy; authorize levying authority for certain districts to approve/disapprove request for certain increases. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the board of supervisors to disprove tax increases through school board ad valorem requests. | |||||
851. |
HB 851 Not Rated |
Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use in defense of residence or motor vehicle. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
852. |
HB 852 Not Rated |
Tax credits; authorize for business contributions to certain organizations supporting food pantries or soup kitchens. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
853. |
HB 853 Not Rated |
Health insurance policies; require certain to provide infertility coverage and establish pilot program in State Health Plan. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
854. |
HB 854 Neutral |
Marriage and family therapists; revise certain requirements for licensure. | |||
Analysis: this bill allows for more people to be licensed as family and marriage therapist by reducing clinical hours and increasing the accredited colleges that a person can receive a degree from. | |||||
855. |
HB 855 Not Rated |
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs incurred by certain taxpayers for storm shelter/safe room construction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
856. |
HB 856 Bad Policy |
County boards of supervisors; authorize to make contributions to community participants of the MS Main Street program. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for taxpayer dollars to be given to nonprofit organizations. | |||||
857. |
HB 857 Neutral |
Local Government Debt Collection Setoff Act; clarify term of 'claimant local government' under. | |||
Analysis: The bill clarifies the definition of claimant local government for purposes of debt collection to include those whose governing boards are government appointed. | |||||
858. |
HB 858 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Regional Preneed Disaster Clean Up Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds the ability for county boards of supervisors to enter into agreements together to bid on disaster clean up services, but gives them an exclusive carve-out in the state code to not have their contracts subject to the approval of the Attorney General. | |||||
859. |
HB 859 Not Rated |
Public special purpose schools; exempt from certain audit requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
860. |
HB 860 Neutral |
'MS Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act' and 'Uniform Athlete Agents Act'; bring forward. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
861. |
HB 861 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle police pursuit policies; require police and sheriffs' departments to develop and implement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
862. |
HB 862 Not Rated |
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
863. |
HB 863 Not Rated |
Ban-the-Box Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
864. |
HB 864 Not Rated |
Mobile sports wagering; authorize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
865. |
HB 865 Not Rated |
Mental health screenings and assessments; require in all public schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
866. |
HB 866 Not Rated |
State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
867. |
HB 867 Not Rated |
DOC discharge plans; require explanation of disenfranchising crimes and opportunity for certain offenders to register to vote. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
868. |
HB 868 Good Policy |
Mobile barbershops; authorize licensed barbers to operate. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows licensed barbers to operate a mobile shop. This helps them be able to reach more customers, provide Mississippians more choice, and reduces regulation. | |||||
869. |
HB 869 Not Rated |
Early voting; require Secretary of State to authorize for overseas military. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
870. |
HB 870 Neutral |
Justice Court appeals; revise number of days to circuit court. | |||
Analysis: This bill increases the number of days to file an appeal from justice to circuit court from 10 days to 30 days. | |||||
871. |
HB 871 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax; extend time for partial exemption and fee-in-lieu of ad valorem tax agreement for certain renewable energy projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
872. |
HB 872 Not Rated |
Expungement; authorize automatically for first-time offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
873. |
HB 873 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Natchez for Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
874. |
HB 874 Bad Policy |
MS Dept. of Archives and History property; authorize DFA to clarify donation of certain lands in Claiborne County to U.S. Dept. of Interior - National Park Service. | |||
Analysis: The federal government already owns too much land and property. This grows the power and size of the federal government. | |||||
875. |
HB 875 Neutral |
Public purchases; revise bidding requirements for certain projects and other related to Mississippi Landmarks. | |||
Analysis: The bill puts into place requirements to make bids for construction done for state agency be more detailed and specific. This could help prevent wasting taxpayer dollars on overpaying for contracts. | |||||
876. |
HB 876 Bad Policy |
Columbia Training School Property; clarify purposes for which the Marion County Economic Development District may be reimbursed. | |||
Analysis: Currently, there is a requirement that the property be sold at not less than fair market value as determined by at least 2 certified appraisers. This bill removes that requirement, and says it can be sold as in the interest of the public. This could lead to the selling of the property for very cheap to a special interest group. | |||||
877. |
HB 877 Neutral |
USM; clarify authority to enter into insurance agreement for protection of property at the state port at Gulfport. | |||
Analysis: The bill allows for Southern Miss to insure the property leased at gulfport port for property damage. | |||||
878. |
HB 878 Not Rated |
Construction certificate of responsibility; increase to $75,000.00 and align bond requirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
879. |
HB 879 Not Rated |
Public purchasing law; amend to allow competitive bids over $75,000.00 to be advertised on the procurement portal. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
880. |
HB 880 Not Rated |
Mississippi Consumer Privacy Act for State Agencies; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
881. |
HB 881 Not Rated |
Consumer credit record; provide maximum amount that may be charged for improving. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
882. |
HB 882 Not Rated |
Renaissance Assistance Program to Initiate Development; create to assist small businesses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
883. |
HB 883 Not Rated |
Mississippi Kratom Consumer Protection Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
884. |
HB 884 Not Rated |
Statutory construction; define 'First Responder' as used in any statute for which a definition of the term is not provided. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
885. |
HB 885 Not Rated |
Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
886. |
HB 886 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA to assist God's Living Word Ministry in Walls with construction of a community family life center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
887. |
HB 887 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA for costs of constructing a training facility for the Walls Volunteer Fire Department in DeSoto County. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
888. |
HB 888 Not Rated |
Child support; authorize for disabled child past the age of majority. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
889. |
HB 889 Not Rated |
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; new legislators not members and current members do not earn additional credit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
890. |
HB 890 Not Rated |
Sheriffs and police officers; require availability of less-lethal force option while on duty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
891. |
HB 891 Not Rated |
PERS; conduct study on feasibility of allowing retired teachers to continue to work full-time and receive full retirement allowance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
892. |
HB 892 Not Rated |
MS Workforce Training and Education Act; extend repealer on act and delete repealer on sections amended to conform in 2004. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
893. |
HB 893 Good Policy |
SkillPath 2030 Program; authorize Office of Workforce Development to create pilot program for. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for high school students to learn skills that can help with job certification and to receive course credit for junior colleges. | |||||
894. |
HB 894 Bad Policy |
Violations of local zoning ordinances; authorize governing authorities to pursue administrative or civil penalties for. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds new penalties for local governments to pursue when punishing people for zoning ordinance violations. Zoning ordinances are a violation of property rights. | |||||
895. |
HB 895 Not Rated |
Uninsured motorist coverage; provide that coverage is mandatory in every automobile liability insurance policy. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
896. |
HB 896 Not Rated |
Uninsured motorist coverage; provide that limits will be equal to liability coverage unless insured selects otherwise. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
897. |
HB 897 Not Rated |
Firearms; revise limits placed on counties and municipalities to regulate. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
898. |
HB 898 Not Rated |
Workers' compensation commission; require emergency hearing upon request of either party. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
899. |
HB 899 Not Rated |
Mississippi Center for Legal Services; require $15.00 collected from criminal and civil actions to be remitted to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
900. |
HB 900 Not Rated |
Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide for an assessment to be used for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
901. |
HB 901 Not Rated |
Radar; authorize use of by municipal law enforcement officers in certain municipalities with a population in excess of 7,000 on federal highways therein. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
902. |
HB 902 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary prohibition and allows Mississippians to purchase wine and have it delivered to their house. This opens up the free market and allows Mississippians more choice. | |||||
903. |
HB 903 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; revise fine amount that may be paid by those convicted of violating anti-littering ordinance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
904. |
HB 904 Bad Policy |
Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District; authorize to transfer Kemper Lake to Kemper County Board of Supervisors. | |||
Analysis: This bill transfers the Kemper Lake to the Kemper County board of supervisors and then gives them the authority to transfer it to any water management district they chose and exempts it from the normal bid requirement in the code. | |||||
905. |
HB 905 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Okolona School District for construction of new elementary school. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
906. |
HB 906 Not Rated |
First Circuit Court District; increase number of judges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
907. |
HB 907 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Verona for site development work for Old Town Crossing Project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
908. |
HB 908 Not Rated |
Water well contractors; exempt from continuing education if 65 or older or with at least 20 years experience. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
909. |
HB 909 Bad Policy |
Fireworks; require to be located within a permanent structure. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an unnecessary regulation requiring fireworks can only be sold in permanent structures, limiting both entrepreneurs and Mississippians choice in the market. | |||||
910. |
HB 910 Good Policy |
Fireworks; authorize sale of year-round. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows fireworks to be sold at retail year-round. This removes unnecessary government regulation and opens up the free market. | |||||
911. |
HB 911 Not Rated |
Search warrant; authorize electronic application for and issuance of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
912. |
HB 912 Good Policy |
Firearm suppressors; authorizing manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects Mississippians 2nd amendment right by prohibiting state and local governments from enforcing unconstitutional federal regulations on suppressors. | |||||
913. |
HB 913 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle liability insurance policy; require to include medical payment coverage. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
914. |
HB 914 Not Rated |
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers allowed to claim federal earned income tax credit. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
915. |
HB 915 Not Rated |
Overseas police service station; prohibit location of in this state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
916. |
HB 916 Neutral |
General experience rate; provide that noncharges caused by COVID-19 pandemic shall not impact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
917. |
HB 917 Neutral |
Mississippi Worker's Comp commission office building; place under the supervision and care of DFA. | |||
Analysis: The bill puts the workers comp commission office under the supervision of the DFA. | |||||
918. |
HB 918 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of tangible personal property and services to churches. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
919. |
HB 919 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of severe weather preparedness items. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
920. |
HB 920 Neutral |
Radar; clarify how population is calculated. | |||
Analysis: The bill just seeks to clarifies how the 2,000 person minimum for radar equipment is to be counted. | |||||
921. |
HB 921 Not Rated |
Public Procurement Review Board; revise the qualifications of members on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
922. |
HB 922 Neutral |
Alcorn State University; update references to in code to reflect current name designation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
923. |
HB 923 Neutral |
Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery; designate the fish hatchery located in North Mississippi as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
924. |
HB 924 Not Rated |
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons who have their licenses suspended as a result of being out of compliance with order for support. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
925. |
HB 925 Not Rated |
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
926. |
HB 926 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
927. |
HB 927 Not Rated |
Body-worn cameras; require cities and counties to provide to police officers and deputy sheriffs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
928. |
HB 928 Not Rated |
Youth Employment Grant Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
929. |
HB 929 Not Rated |
Expungement; authorize for all nonviolent crimes after five years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
930. |
HB 930 Not Rated |
Expungement; remove certain types of embezzlement from list of excluded crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
931. |
HB 931 Not Rated |
School board members; allow school districts to provide health insurance for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
932. |
HB 932 Not Rated |
Taking of another person's animal; clarify crime and penalties for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
933. |
HB 933 Not Rated |
Voter rolls; prohibit purging names from Statewide Elections Management System 120 days or less before the date of any election. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
934. |
HB 934 Not Rated |
Alcoholic beverages; require holder of on-premises retailer's permit to have blood alcohol content testing device available. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
935. |
HB 935 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce automobile insurance requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
936. |
HB 936 Not Rated |
Mandatory minimum sentences for crimes committed by offenders; revise which offenders are eligible for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
937. |
HB 937 Not Rated |
Abortion; repeal statutes prohibiting after 15 weeks' gestation and after detection of fetal heartbeat. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
938. |
HB 938 Not Rated |
Abortion; repeal prohibition of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
939. |
HB 939 Not Rated |
Breastfeeding; authorize distribution of statewide info to support breastfeeding in public places. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
940. |
HB 940 Not Rated |
Hospice care; authorize to be provided to persons who are not terminally ill under certain circumstances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
941. |
HB 941 Not Rated |
State podiatric forgivable loan program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
942. |
HB 942 Not Rated |
Hospitals; require to examine persons at ER with sickle cell disease symptoms within four hours after admission. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
943. |
HB 943 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Jackson for constructing detention center for misdemeanor offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
944. |
HB 944 Not Rated |
Water bills; prohibit municipalities from estimating water bills after 120 days. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
945. |
HB 945 Not Rated |
Water bills; prohibit certain municipalities from estimating water bills after 120 days. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
946. |
HB 946 Not Rated |
Power lines; prohibit a person from placing objects on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
947. |
HB 947 Not Rated |
County public defenders; require salary of all to be the same as district attorneys. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
948. |
HB 948 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; require implementation of an Extended Family Visitation Program for eligible offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
949. |
HB 949 Not Rated |
Case plans for nonviolent inmates; require certain programs be placed within. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
950. |
HB 950 Not Rated |
Conjugal visits; require Department of Corrections to provide for married inmates. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
951. |
HB 951 Not Rated |
Case plans for inmates who committed violent offenses; require certain programs be placed within. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
952. |
HB 952 Not Rated |
Violent offenders, certain; may be paroled by Parole Board if sentencing judge authorizes parole consideration. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
953. |
HB 953 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; authorize to administer the 'Halfway House Grant Program.' | |||
Analysis: | |||||
954. |
HB 954 Not Rated |
Case plans for inmates who committed capital offenses; require certain programs be placed within. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
955. |
HB 955 Not Rated |
DOC's evaluation of requests for proposals for canteen services; require interested third parties to have reasonable prices for services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
956. |
HB 956 Not Rated |
Voting rights; restore to all felons upon satisfying all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
957. |
HB 957 Not Rated |
Jackson Metropolitan Area Airport Authority; repeal. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
958. |
HB 958 Not Rated |
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
959. |
HB 959 Not Rated |
State of Mississippi; require to pay fee-in-lieu of taxes to City of Jackson for fire protection services provided to state facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
960. |
HB 960 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Jackson for demolishing certain structure in Farish Street Historic District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
961. |
HB 961 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Hinds County for construction of new county jail. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
962. |
HB 962 Not Rated |
License plates for disabled individuals; revise various provisions related to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
963. |
HB 963 Not Rated |
Tax Returns Uniformly Made Public Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
964. |
HB 964 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
965. |
HB 965 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Department of Mental Health group housing facility in Madison. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
966. |
HB 966 Not Rated |
Retail food establishments; prohibit from imposing cost-plus pricing formulas. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
967. |
HB 967 Not Rated |
Mississippi Prison Industries; require to pay inmates federal minimum wage for inmate labor. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
968. |
HB 968 Bad Policy |
Sales Tax and use tax; exempt sales of certain computer software and computer software services. | |||
Analysis: This bill is adding a new tax to computer software services. | |||||
969. |
HB 969 Not Rated |
Medicaid; delete prohibition on participation in for psychiatric residential treatment facility in Desoto County. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
970. |
HB 970 Not Rated |
TANF funds; prohibit use of for college scholarships for persons not receiving TANF benefits. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
971. |
HB 971 Not Rated |
TANF benefits; remove certain restrictions and penalties for applicants and recipients. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
972. |
HB 972 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle license tag; provide option of black background for certain. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
973. |
HB 973 Not Rated |
Sales tax; divert certain sales tax revenue to special fund for state park improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
974. |
HB 974 Not Rated |
Lottery proceeds; authorize transfer of Ten Million Dollars to State Park Fund. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
975. |
HB 975 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Byhalia for relocation of certain utilities and making street paving improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
976. |
HB 976 Neutral |
Boats; require validation decal certifying the awarded number to be displayed on each side of vessel. | |||
Analysis: This bill clarifies where the validation decal is to be located on a boat. | |||||
977. |
HB 977 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Byhalia with relocation of utilities and street paving. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
978. |
HB 978 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Marshall County with construction of emergency response center to serve Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
979. |
HB 979 Not Rated |
Hunting; provide exeception for recovering mortally wounded animals at night with use of light. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
980. |
HB 980 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
981. |
HB 981 Not Rated |
Workers' compensation subrogation lien; revise reimbursement of when injured employee recovers from a third party. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
982. |
HB 982 Not Rated |
Tort Noneconomic Damages Assessment Task Force; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
983. |
HB 983 Not Rated |
Pregnancy Resources Grant Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
984. |
HB 984 Not Rated |
'Liberty for Our Agricultural Land Act'; enact to prohibit the companies owned by the People's Republic of China owning more than 100 acres of real estate. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
985. |
HB 985 Neutral |
EMS Advisory Council; revise membership of. | |||
Analysis: The bill removes the representatives from the FIrefighters memorial burn association and the department of rehabilitation services and replaces them with a representative from an emergency medical service who is a paramedic and a member of the emergency medical service educators association. No reason for why this is done is given. | |||||
986. |
HB 986 Bad Policy |
Transportation; allow public and private partnerships to establish electric vehicle charging stations. | |||
Analysis: This bill is government using taxpayer to prop up electric car charging station. That is not a proper function of government. | |||||
987. |
HB 987 Not Rated |
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
988. |
HB 988 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Youth Career and Workforce Preparation Grant Program; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the state to appropriate money for grants to non profit after school programs. | |||||
989. |
HB 989 Bad Policy |
Child Protection Services; remove from DHS and make it a separate agency. | |||
Analysis: Creates a new government agency. In addition there is a 5 year repealer. How much will it cost to set up this new agency and if it repeals in 5 years how much would that cost? | |||||
990. |
HB 990 Not Rated |
Medicaid; bring forward sections of law for possible amendment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
991. |
HB 991 Not Rated |
Medicaid; bring forward sections of law for possible amendment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
992. |
HB 992 Not Rated |
Medicaid; bring forward services and managed care provisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
993. |
HB 993 Not Rated |
One Lake flood control project; prohibit the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District from implementing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
994. |
HB 994 Not Rated |
Retired teachers; allow to return to teaching for a maximum of five years while receiving retirement benefits. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
995. |
HB 995 Good Policy |
Rape; revise elements for the crime of and remove spousal exception. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes the spousal exception for rape. | |||||
996. |
HB 996 Neutral |
Intestate succession; child conceived by assisted reproduction after decedent's death is deemed to be living at time of death. | |||
Analysis: The bill puts into place a process for a person who died without a will for a decedent who was born by assisted reproduction after the death of the person to receive an inheritance. | |||||
997. |
HB 997 Not Rated |
Licensure; revise reciprocity requirements for out-of-state attorneys. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
998. |
HB 998 Bad Policy |
Wildlife; provide that the state has a duty to protect and sustain for the public's benefit. | |||
Analysis: The bill adds wildlife to definition of the state's heritage that Mississippi shall protect. The rest of the list is hunting, trapping, and fishing. This could lead to an increase in policing and government power. It would be good to ask questions on the purpose of this bill. | |||||
999. |
HB 999 Bad Policy |
Sales tax; deposit portion of revenue into the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund. | |||
Analysis: This bill is appropriating millions of taxpayer dollars to the outdoor stewardship trust fund, which is an unnecessary government program. | |||||
1000. |
HB 1000 Good Policy |
Education Scholarship Account; expand to include children in foster care. | |||
Analysis: This bill expands the number of students eligible for ESA's by allowing those in foster care to be included. | |||||
1001. |
HB 1001 Not Rated |
Appeals Board of the Mississippi Transportation Commission; bring forward provision related to for purpose of possible amendment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1002. |
HB 1002 Bad Policy |
Petroleum Products Inspection Law; extend repealer on. | |||
Analysis: This bill on extending the repealer on the petroleum products inspection law included a section to allow the Southern Rail Commission to prepare grant applications to establish passenger rail services. | |||||
1003. |
HB 1003 Good Policy |
Mississippi Fully Autonomous Vehicle Enabling (MS FAVE) Act of 2023; establish to regulate operation of autonomous vehicle on public roads. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates regulations and requirements for autonomous vehicles in MS. While the bill does increase government oversight of autonomous vehicles, it provides a clear path for autonomous vehicles to operate in MS. Ensure that it does not apply to passenger vehicles. Recommend questions on vehicle wrecking, if they stop in the middle of the road blocking traffic until representative arrives on site. | |||||
1004. |
HB 1004 Not Rated |
Free online tutoring services; require State Department of Education to post announcement on website about. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1005. |
HB 1005 Not Rated |
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1006. |
HB 1006 Not Rated |
Confederate Memorial Day; remove as a state holiday. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1007. |
HB 1007 Not Rated |
The Crown Act; prohibit discrimination based on natural hairstyles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1008. |
HB 1008 Not Rated |
Juneteenth; designate as a state holiday. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1009. |
HB 1009 Not Rated |
Department of Public Safety; require to provide report on hiring practices of employees within the Office of Capitol Police. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1010. |
HB 1010 Not Rated |
Charter schools; require automatic approval of new school when applicant is currently operating charter school in MS and authorize expansion. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1011. |
HB 1011 Not Rated |
Podiatrist; authorize to perform ankle surgery when meet certain requirements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1012. |
HB 1012 Not Rated |
Department of Wildlife; authorize reimbursement for discounts relating to hunting and fishing licenses and other fees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1013. |
HB 1013 Not Rated |
Income tax; revise method of collecting from public officers or employees in arrears. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1014. |
HB 1014 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle license tags; revise provisions regarding county disposition of surrendered or outdated tags. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1015. |
HB 1015 Not Rated |
Tax Credits; authorize for business contributions to certain organizatins suppporting food pantries or soup kitchens. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1016. |
HB 1016 Not Rated |
Memorial highway; designate segment of MS Hwy 8 in Chickasaw County as the 'Deputy Jeremy Allen Voyles Memorial Highway'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1017. |
HB 1017 Not Rated |
Memorial intersection; designate intersection of U.S. 45 and CR 110 in Clarke County as the 'Army Spc. Terry Kishaun Dantez Gordon Memorial Intersection'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1018. |
HB 1018 Not Rated |
Adoptees; authorize those twenty-four years of age or older. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1019. |
HB 1019 Not Rated |
Mississippi Coach Safely Act; create to require certain youth coaches to take injury mitigation and information course. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1020. |
HB 1020 Neutral |
Capitol Complex Improvement District courts; authorize. | |||
Analysis: This bill establishes a capitol court to prosecute crimes that Jackson's court systems will not prosecute, but it does increase the capitol's power. | |||||
1021. |
HB 1021 Not Rated |
Capitol Complex Improvement District; revise to include Boling Street. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1022. |
HB 1022 Not Rated |
State boards and commissions; Department of Finance and Administration travel regulations shall be applicable to all. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1023. |
HB 1023 Not Rated |
Land partitions; revise provision that regulate. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1024. |
HB 1024 Not Rated |
'Mississippi School Resource Officers School Safety (MS ROSS) Act'; create to provide funding to local law enforcement agencies for the employment of SROs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1025. |
HB 1025 Neutral |
Airport authority; authorize to dispose of property with a fair market value of zero if certain conditions are met. | |||
Analysis: This bill authorizes the disposal of property with a market value of zero if no official or employee of the authority gets any economic benefit from the disposal of the property. | |||||
1026. |
HB 1026 Bad Policy |
Sale of game animals; prohibit unless permitted by an act of the Legislature. | |||
Analysis: This is an overreach of government by regulating what animals people can buy or sale. | |||||
1027. |
HB 1027 Neutral |
State Fruit; designate the blueberry as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1028. |
HB 1028 Not Rated |
Medical radiation technologists; extend repealers on regulation of and revise definition of nuclear medicine tech. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1029. |
HB 1029 Neutral |
United States Space Force; provide that reference to 'Armed Forces' and 'Uniformed Services' in Mississippi law shall include members of. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds the space force to the the armed forces definition. | |||||
1030. |
HB 1030 Neutral |
Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Law; clarify employees of state licensee may work remotely. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for employees of a state licensee to work from home. This could save taxpayers money on office expenses. | |||||
1031. |
HB 1031 Not Rated |
Health care providers; authorize lien against claims by patients and damages recovered by patients in a lawsuit or settlement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1032. |
HB 1032 Neutral |
'Mississippi Security Drone Act of 2023'; enact to prohibit the purchase of unmanned aircraft systems from non-U.S. manufacturers. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires that any government agency seeking to purchase a drone or drone equipment must do so from a US based manufacturer. | |||||
1033. |
HB 1033 Not Rated |
MS Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund; require administration to submit report of purchasing needs to legislative committees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1034. |
HB 1034 Not Rated |
State Veterans Affairs Board; bring forward section of law that creates. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1035. |
HB 1035 Not Rated |
MHP and MBN officers; provide a salary increase of $4,000. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1036. |
HB 1036 Not Rated |
Implied consent laws and investigation of traffic accidents; authorize the Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division within DPS to enforce. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1037. |
HB 1037 Not Rated |
Radar; authorize DPS to authorize CTED law enforcement officers to use on public roadways for commercial vehicles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1038. |
HB 1038 Not Rated |
Homestead exemption; bring forward certain sections of law relating to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1039. |
HB 1039 Good Policy |
Occupational licensing; revise certain provisions relating to members of the military to include veterans. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for military members or their spouses/dependents to receive occupational licenses in this state if licensed in another state. | |||||
1040. |
HB 1040 Not Rated |
Law enforcement officers; require training in Alzheimer's and other dementias. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1041. |
HB 1041 Neutral |
State depositories; revise certain definitions relating to align with federal regulatory standards. | |||
Analysis: The bill revises the definition for regulatory capital to align with federal standards | |||||
1042. |
HB 1042 Not Rated |
Public school years; revise basis for establish length from days to equivalent number of hours of actual teaching. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1043. |
HB 1043 Not Rated |
DFA; require to provide bicycle parking at all government buildings in the Capitol Complex in Jackson, MS. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1044. |
HB 1044 Not Rated |
Excavators; require to mark proposed excavation area with white paint, flags or stakes before notifying Mississippi 811. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1045. |
HB 1045 Not Rated |
Libraries; regulate the material that is curated for children and younger teens. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1046. |
HB 1046 Not Rated |
Child support; authorize Gaming Commission and DHS to collect child support from winnings. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1047. |
HB 1047 Not Rated |
Mississippi Native Plant Month; declare April as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1048. |
HB 1048 Not Rated |
Public buildings; require availability of adult changing stations for persons with disabilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1049. |
HB 1049 Not Rated |
Agencies, departments and institutions; require each to post organizational structure on official websites of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1050. |
HB 1050 Not Rated |
Student absenteeism; excuse those related to a student's disability. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1051. |
HB 1051 Not Rated |
COVID-19; require notice to family when death may have been caused by vaccine and authorize autopsy. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1052. |
HB 1052 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax levy for school districts; provide levying authority with discretion to approve request by school board. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1053. |
HB 1053 Not Rated |
County board of supervisors; authorize to be employed by community college districts while serving as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1054. |
HB 1054 Not Rated |
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1055. |
HB 1055 Not Rated |
Public property; authorize certain state property conveyed to Jackson to be used for park and recreational purposes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1056. |
HB 1056 Not Rated |
School employees; revise rate for payment for unused leave to unlicensed employees upon retirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1057. |
HB 1057 Not Rated |
Online voter registration; authorize and establish the process for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1058. |
HB 1058 Not Rated |
School district records; revise time period to be maintained from five to seven years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1059. |
HB 1059 Not Rated |
Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1060. |
HB 1060 Good Policy |
Electric vehicles; authorize charging by nonutilities. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for electric vehicle charging stations to be exempt from the classification and requirements of public utilities if they are not producing electricity, but only reselling electricity purchased from a public utility. | |||||
1061. |
HB 1061 Bad Policy |
Electric transmission infrastructure; prescribe requirements for issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity. | |||
Analysis: This bill would prevent private solar companies from setting up independent power producing facilities in order to sell power to other electric power companies, ultimately limiting the market for solar power production in the state to the large power suppliers. | |||||
1062. |
HB 1062 Not Rated |
DPS; include certified peer support members in class of individual to whom coverage of privileged communication applies. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1063. |
HB 1063 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Mississippi Towing and Recovery Professionals, Inc. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1064. |
HB 1064 Not Rated |
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of 'qualified resort area' under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1065. |
HB 1065 Not Rated |
County superintendent of education; change selection method from appointive to elective in certain county. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1066. |
HB 1066 Not Rated |
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; remove requirement that projects that acquire property shall not be considered until July 1, 2024. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1067. |
HB 1067 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates the Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Fund for the purpose of the expansion and accessibility of broadband in unserved areas. It is not a core function of government to provide for the expansion and accessibility of broadband. | |||||
1068. |
HB 1068 Not Rated |
Water Quality Accountability Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1069. |
HB 1069 Not Rated |
Secretary of State; authorize transfer of fragile land records to Department of Archives and History for preservation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1070. |
HB 1070 Not Rated |
Patriotric Education Grant Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1071. |
HB 1071 Bad Policy |
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules. | |||
Analysis: The bill furthers government's powers of prohibition by banning certain substances. That is not the proper role or core function of government. | |||||
1072. |
HB 1072 Not Rated |
Hazardous trees on tax forfeited land; authorize counties/municipalities to remove and Secretary of State to reimburse for the removal of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1073. |
HB 1073 Not Rated |
Design Professionals; declare certain provisions in contracts for services void and establish standard of care. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1074. |
HB 1074 Not Rated |
The Title IX Preservation Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1075. |
HB 1075 Not Rated |
Municipal public improvement district board of directors; authorize municipal governing body to perform duties of under certain circumstances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1076. |
HB 1076 Not Rated |
Police chiefs; authorize approval of use of uniforms, weapons, vehicles by off-duty officers on private security jobs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1077. |
HB 1077 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of Magnolia Speech School. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1078. |
HB 1078 Not Rated |
Monies from seized weapons; authorize law enforcement agency to use to purchase equipment for the agency. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1079. |
HB 1079 Not Rated |
Death penalty sentencing alternatives for those under 18; provide. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1080. |
HB 1080 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide coverage for neonatal circumcision procedures. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1081. |
HB 1081 Not Rated |
Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1082. |
HB 1082 Not Rated |
Child support; require insurers to provide MDHS certain information for noncustodial, delinquent parents. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1083. |
HB 1083 Not Rated |
Child support; authorize DHS and Gaming Commission to collect from gaming winnings. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1084. |
HB 1084 Bad Policy |
Insurance agents; revise the continuing education requirements of those who are 65 and have been licensed for 20 years. | |||
Analysis: This bill is providing special privileges to some in an industry. | |||||
1085. |
HB 1085 Not Rated |
County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide free contraceptive supplies. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1086. |
HB 1086 Not Rated |
Tianeptine; add to list of Schedule I controlled substances. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1087. |
HB 1087 Not Rated |
MS School for Math and Science; increase licensed employees' salaries by amount corresponding to increases to amount and years in teacher salary scale. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1088. |
HB 1088 Bad Policy |
State budget; provide for various transfers and create new special funds. | |||
Analysis: This bill is appropriating millions of taxpayer dollars to fund arts. A waste of taxpayer dollars. | |||||
1089. |
HB 1089 Not Rated |
State budget; revise provisions of several FY 23 bills and create special funds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1090. |
HB 1090 Not Rated |
Sales Tax; exempt retail sales of baby/toddler clothing, diapers, diaper bags and rash cream and baby wipes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1091. |
HB 1091 Not Rated |
Minors; hold entities that publish harmful material on the internet civilly liable if age vertification is not performed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1092. |
HB 1092 Not Rated |
State Health Officers; bring forward section providing for appointment of and qualifications for the office. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1093. |
HB 1093 Not Rated |
State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1094. |
HB 1094 Not Rated |
Wastewater and sewage; authorize MDEQ to fine the City of Jackson for improper disposal of into the Pearl River. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1095. |
HB 1095 Not Rated |
Involuntary civil commitment; limit county's liability for cost of treatment of indigents. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1096. |
HB 1096 Not Rated |
Pharmacy Benefits Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1097. |
HB 1097 Not Rated |
Justice court jurisdiction; revise amount for property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1098. |
HB 1098 Not Rated |
Divorce beneficiary revocation; clarify the effective date. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1099. |
HB 1099 Not Rated |
Public retirement systems; require all investment actions to be made exclusively for purpose of providing financial benefits for members of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1100. |
HB 1100 Bad Policy |
Reciprocity in travel; prohibit ability of publicly funded entities from traveling to or hosting entities from certain states. | |||
Analysis: This bill bans public entities and sports teams from traveling to states that have banned travel to Mississippi. This is a violation of freedom and makes Mississippi look just as restrictive and authoritarian as them. | |||||
1101. |
HB 1101 Neutral |
Corporations and LLCs; authorize determination notices and certificates of administrative dissolution to be served by email to registered agent. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the secretary of state to serve notices to corporations and LLC's by email. | |||||
1102. |
HB 1102 Not Rated |
Drivers licenses; authorize designation of satisfactory completion of the boating safety course. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1103. |
HB 1103 Not Rated |
Property and casualty insurance; require blighted real property to be cleaned up before insurer pay insured certain amount. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1104. |
HB 1104 Not Rated |
Emergency executive order; limit state of emergency orders to 30 days. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1105. |
HB 1105 Not Rated |
Secretary of State employees; authorize certain employees to carry a firearm. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1106. |
HB 1106 Not Rated |
Violent offenders; prohibit from receiving parole. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1107. |
HB 1107 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; bring forward provisions related to for possible amendment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1108. |
HB 1108 Neutral |
Rural water associations; authorize those providing sewer services to participate in the ARPAA Rural Water Association Infrastructure Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: The bill authorizes rural water associations to participate in the ARPA grant program. ARPA is a massive government program, but it at least aims to help with infrastructure. | |||||
1109. |
HB 1109 Not Rated |
ARPA funds; counties may spend revenue loss category of those funds projects of rural water associations and water/sewer authorities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1110. |
HB 1110 Good Policy |
Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill protects the privacy rights of citizens from government overreach. It prohibits financial institutions from using a firearms code to disclose private information of law abiding citizens to law enforcement. | |||||
1111. |
HB 1111 Not Rated |
County court jurisdiction for termination of parental rights; authorize for both involuntary and voluntary termination. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1112. |
HB 1112 Not Rated |
Child support; authorize criminal charge of desertion of a child for failure to pay. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1113. |
HB 1113 Good Policy |
Home Business Prosperity Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill provides protection for those who engage in home based work prohibiting the government from enforcing ordinances that restrict home based work. | |||||
1114. |
HB 1114 Not Rated |
Child support guidelines; add percentage for 6 or more children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1115. |
HB 1115 Not Rated |
Durable legal custody; clarify jurisdiction for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1116. |
HB 1116 Good Policy |
Regulatory Sandbox Agricultural Innovation Pilot Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: Regulatory "sandboxes" allow for innovation with new technologies without burdensome licenses and regulations. This allows the market to work and to incentivize innovation, in this case with agriculture. This bill promotes free market principles and helps Mississippians. | |||||
1117. |
HB 1117 Not Rated |
Father's child support; authorize retroactive payments for mother's prenatal and post-natal expenses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1118. |
HB 1118 Not Rated |
Permanency plan; require the court to notify the Attorney General when the plan changes to adoption or termination of parental rights. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1119. |
HB 1119 Not Rated |
State indebtness; certain amount of surplus general funds revenue shall be used each year to reduce. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1120. |
HB 1120 Good Policy |
'Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act'; create to allow governing bodies of schools to designate employees to carry concealed firearms. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a program in which school employees can be trained to act as "guardians" and conceal carry on school grounds for the purpose of defense against active shooters. | |||||
1121. |
HB 1121 Not Rated |
Administrative office of courts; require to create misdemeanor intervention courts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1122. |
HB 1122 Not Rated |
Utility-type vehicles and side-by-sides; authorize operation of on public county and municipal roads and streets. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1123. |
HB 1123 Bad Policy |
Delivery of payment services; regulate. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the government to regulate private business and dictate how companies write their contracts and terms. | |||||
1124. |
HB 1124 Not Rated |
Gender reassignment surgery or services; prohibit performing or paying for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1125. |
HB 1125 Good Policy |
Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act; create to regulate transgender procedures and surgeries. | |||
Analysis: This bill helps protect vulnerable children by prohibiting gender reassignment surgery and hormone replacement therapy until they are 18. | |||||
1126. |
HB 1126 Not Rated |
Transgender procedures; restrict for persons under age 21. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1127. |
HB 1127 Not Rated |
MS Safe Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE); create to prohibit providing gender transition procedures to minors. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1128. |
HB 1128 Not Rated |
Violations of local zoning ordinances; authorize governing authorities to pursue administrative or civil penalties for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1129. |
HB 1129 Not Rated |
Corrections omnibus bill; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1130. |
HB 1130 Not Rated |
State Parole Board; bring forward sections pertaining to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1131. |
HB 1131 Not Rated |
MS Prison Industries Act; bring forward certain sections pertaining to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1132. |
HB 1132 Not Rated |
Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1133. |
HB 1133 Good Policy |
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain restrictive laws. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1134. |
HB 1134 Not Rated |
State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan; bring forward code section on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1135. |
HB 1135 Not Rated |
Prior authorization; bring forward code sections related to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1136. |
HB 1136 Neutral |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Mississippi Road Builders Association. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1137. |
HB 1137 Good Policy |
Alcoholic beverage; allow direct sales and shipment of certain wines to residents in this state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1138. |
HB 1138 Not Rated |
Health insurance; prohibit cost-sharing requirements for certain breast examinations if insurer provided these benefits under. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1139. |
HB 1139 Not Rated |
Simple assault; authorize judicial discretion when assessing fines. | |||
Analysis: The bill changes the language from shall to may, this language is confusing as to whether the maximum is optional due to the change of language to may. Questions should be asked on the language change to determine if may refers to the maximum amount provided. | |||||
1140. |
HB 1140 Bad Policy |
Beer, light wine and light spirit products; revise manufacturers prohibited from having interest in wholesalers or distributors. | |||
Analysis: This bill is another example of government overreach telling businesses what they can and cannot do by prohibiting certain companies from having an interest in wholesalers or distributors. | |||||
1141. |
HB 1141 Bad Policy |
State employees life and health insurance plan; revise to include coverage for contract personnel. | |||
Analysis: This bill adds more people to the state health insurance plan, costing taxpayers more money. | |||||
1142. |
HB 1142 Not Rated |
DUI; authorize judicial discretion to increase fines for violations of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1143. |
HB 1143 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; delete requirement for permitting as a condition to construction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1144. |
HB 1144 Not Rated |
Title IX Preservation Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1145. |
HB 1145 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to 5th squad. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1146. |
HB 1146 Not Rated |
The Mississippi Fatherhood Initiative Fund; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1147. |
HB 1147 Not Rated |
Highways, roads and bridges; designate segment of I-55 South in Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi in honor of Representative Alyce Griffin Clarke. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1148. |
HB 1148 Not Rated |
Retirement; allow PERS retirees to serve in Legislature and receive only the expense allowance and mileage as compensation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1149. |
HB 1149 Not Rated |
Path to permanency; provide for children in Child Protection Services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1150. |
HB 1150 Not Rated |
Charter schools; authorize state universities and community colleges to charter and revise various other provisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1151. |
HB 1151 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of tangible personal property and services to churches. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1152. |
HB 1152 Not Rated |
Occupational Licensing Review Commision; revise membership and certain other provisions of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1153. |
HB 1153 Not Rated |
State auditor; authorize investigative and audit costs incured by contracted firms to be paid as percentage of recovery. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1154. |
HB 1154 Not Rated |
Nonpublic school student participation in public school extracurricular activities; prohibit school districts from restricting or denying participation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1155. |
HB 1155 Not Rated |
Residential subdivisions; authorize property owners to establish and/or amend convenants, conditions and restrictions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1156. |
HB 1156 Not Rated |
Mississippi Worforce Training and Education Act; extend repealer in 2004 chapter law comforming code sections. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1157. |
HB 1157 Not Rated |
Vehicle rental; require those engaged in to disclose total charges, including all additional mandatory charges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1158. |
HB 1158 Good Policy |
Medical Cannabis Act; revise certain provisions of. | |||
Analysis: This bill prevents the medical board from adding overregulatory requirements. | |||||
1159. |
HB 1159 Not Rated |
Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1160. |
HB 1160 Good Policy |
State-forfeited tax lands; limit state agency, municipality, county, or other political subdivision of the state from intervening to quitclaim land after certain period of publication. | |||
Analysis: This bill keeps government agencies from quitclaiming land before the bid period for the public has ended. | |||||
1161. |
HB 1161 Good Policy |
Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact; enact. | |||
Analysis: This bill authorizes Mississippi to join with other states to enter into a compact to streamline teacher licensing to make it easier for teachers to move across states to teach. This would increase the pool of teachers that Mississippi could hire. | |||||
1162. |
HB 1162 Not Rated |
Reciprocal insurance; revise sworn declaration requirements of and board of directors for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1163. |
HB 1163 Not Rated |
Academic test scores; require testing companies selected as vendors to be civilly and criminally liable for manipulation of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1164. |
HB 1164 Not Rated |
Firearms; require training by state or local governing authority. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1165. |
HB 1165 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; authorize to choose not to be subject to requirement for permitting as a condition to construction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1166. |
HB 1166 Not Rated |
Sales tax; bring forward certain sections of law authorizing various exemptions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1167. |
HB 1167 Neutral |
Residential builders and remodelers; revise license examination for certain license applicants. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a second licensing method for builders and remodelers to allow for more people to be licensed. It allows someone already licensed by a city or county and with a passed ICC examination to be licensed by the board. | |||||
1168. |
HB 1168 Neutral |
Municipal special sales tax; revise use of revenue for certain. | |||
Analysis: While getting rid of special sales taxes would be the preferred option, this bill at least seeks to limit its use to only paying for upgrades and improvements on water infrastructure. This could help curb government waste. | |||||
1169. |
HB 1169 Neutral |
Income tax; revise method of collecting delinquent tax from public officers and employees. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for public employees who have not paid their state income tax when it is due to elect to have 50% of their paycheck withheld until it is paid instead of having their entire check withheld. | |||||
1170. |
HB 1170 Neutral |
Motor vehicles and manufactured homes; authorize Department of Revenue to issue electronic liens and titles. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the DOR to issue liens and titles for cars and manufactured homes electronically. | |||||
1171. |
HB 1171 Not Rated |
Regional mental health commissions; increase number of commissioners appointed by board of supervisors of certain counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1172. |
HB 1172 Not Rated |
Federal home loan banks; define term and provide process for handling delinquent insurer's secured claim. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1173. |
HB 1173 Not Rated |
EEF procurement cards; authorize issuance to eligible charter school teachers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1174. |
HB 1174 Not Rated |
Public schools; authorize to have a supply of naloxone on premises to counter opioid overdose. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1175. |
HB 1175 Not Rated |
MAEP; increase funding percentage for preschool exceptional children in approved programs to 100%. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1176. |
HB 1176 Not Rated |
National board certified education professionals; clarify provisions related to certification component reimbursements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1177. |
HB 1177 Neutral |
Educator misconduct; clarify provisions relating to disciplinary action taken against personnel of public special purpose schools and other educators. | |||
Analysis: The bill provides a process for educators of the special purpose schools to appeal a license suspension or revocation. | |||||
1178. |
HB 1178 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to the Mississippi Aquarium. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1179. |
HB 1179 Not Rated |
School attendance officers; transfer responsibility for employment and establishment of duties from MDE to the local school districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1180. |
HB 1180 Not Rated |
State and School Employees Life and Health Insurance Plan; revise to require state to provide 50% of the cost of the plan for eligible dependents. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1181. |
HB 1181 Not Rated |
Legislative vacancy; revise procedure to fill. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1182. |
HB 1182 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Lamar County Education Foundation, Inc. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1183. |
HB 1183 Not Rated |
Department of Human Services; require to post names and photographs of parents in arrearage. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1184. |
HB 1184 Not Rated |
Teachers; provide $2,000 annual salary supplement to those employed in designated geographically critical teacher shortage area. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1185. |
HB 1185 Not Rated |
ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; clarify that certain entities are eligible to participate in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1186. |
HB 1186 Not Rated |
School Boards; authorize to enter into long-term contract for sale of timber on 16th section lands. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1187. |
HB 1187 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; separate from Mississippi Real Estate Commission and from Mississippi Real Estate Appraisal Board. | |||
Analysis: This bill is creating a new state board to spend more taxpayer dollars. | |||||
1188. |
HB 1188 Not Rated |
Innovate Mississippi; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for certain programs and revise provisions regarding certain programs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1189. |
HB 1189 Not Rated |
Innovate Mississippi; revise provisions of certain programs administered by. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1190. |
HB 1190 Neutral |
Health benefit plan; authorize plan sponsor of to consent, on behalf of covered pensions, to delivery of all communications by electronic means. | |||
Analysis: The bill allows for health benefit plans to email communications related to the plan to the covered persons. | |||||
1191. |
HB 1191 Bad Policy |
Pet insurance; create legal framework by which it may be sold in the state. | |||
Analysis: It is not a core function of government to regulate pet insurance. | |||||
1192. |
HB 1192 Not Rated |
Tourism project sales tax incentive program; extend authority of MDA to approve participants for projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1193. |
HB 1193 Not Rated |
Litigation funding by third parties; require all parties liable for costs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1194. |
HB 1194 Bad Policy |
County boards of supervisors; authorize to make contributions to Main Street programs. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows taxpayer dollars to be given to a non profit organizations as well as to be spent erecting statues. | |||||
1195. |
HB 1195 Bad Policy |
Retirement; allow certain members of PERS to purchase up to three years of creditable service. | |||
Analysis: This bill costs taxpayers money by expanding the list of those on PERS. | |||||
1196. |
HB 1196 Not Rated |
City of McComb; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel toursim tax. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1197. |
HB 1197 Not Rated |
City of Baldwyn; extend date of repeal on tax for hotels, motels, restaurants and convenience stores. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1198. |
HB 1198 Not Rated |
Microgrid and Grid Resiliency Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1199. |
HB 1199 Not Rated |
Efficiency standards; extend repealer on statute requiring certain buildings to meet. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1200. |
HB 1200 Neutral |
Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; expand to allow certified academic language therapists (CALT); to provide dyslexia therapy services. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for certified academic language therapists to be employed by school districts to help with dyslexia students covered under the dyslexia scholarship. This helps increase the amount of therapists available to help those in need. | |||||
1201. |
HB 1201 Not Rated |
Secretary of State; authorize receipt of reports of financial abuse of vulnerable persons. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1202. |
HB 1202 Not Rated |
Disabled veterans motor vehicle license tags; revise certain provisions regarding disability rating, provide partial ad valorem tax exemption. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1203. |
HB 1203 Not Rated |
Organ procurement organizations; include review and quality assurance committees formed by in current laws governing such committees. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1204. |
HB 1204 Not Rated |
Breach of security; require reporting to the Attorney General. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1205. |
HB 1205 Not Rated |
Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1206. |
HB 1206 Not Rated |
Drug abuse; Health Department implement a statewide fentanyl and drug abuse education, prevention and cessation program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1207. |
HB 1207 Not Rated |
Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1208. |
HB 1208 Not Rated |
Judicial operating allowance; increase. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1209. |
HB 1209 Not Rated |
City of Waynesboro; extend repealer on authority to impose tax on bars, restaurants, hotels/motels, B & Bs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1210. |
HB 1210 Not Rated |
Commercial Driver's License; require notice to employer when possibility of suspension for unpaid child support. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1211. |
HB 1211 Bad Policy |
Counties and municipalities; authorize to enter into certain agreement when utilizing certain federal funds. | |||
Analysis: County board of supervisors are not currently allowed to enter into spending contracts in the last 6 months of their terms. This bill allows them to do so as long as they are spending money the federal government is shipping down. This could lead to wasteful spending and misuse of taxpayer dollars. | |||||
1212. |
HB 1212 Not Rated |
Department of Human Services; create a board of directors to assist and oversee the executive director in governing the department. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1213. |
HB 1213 Neutral |
Water Infrastructure Grant Program; DEQ shall give priority to applicants not receiving sufficient funding in first round grants. | |||
Analysis: This bill directs the DEQ to give priority to applicants that did not receive sufficient funding in the first round of the water infrastructure grant program for the second round of funding for water and sewer systems. | |||||
1214. |
HB 1214 Not Rated |
Local and private laws that implement a tourism tax; authorize proceeds to be used for certain retirement fund and water/sewer systems. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1215. |
HB 1215 Neutral |
Child Support; suspend for incarcerated persons under certain conditions. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for those who are incarcerated for more than 180 days to have child support obligations suspended until released from incarceration. | |||||
1216. |
HB 1216 Not Rated |
Circuit judges and chancellors; increase office operating and expense allowances and support staff funding. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1217. |
HB 1217 Neutral |
Court interpreters; revise program under the Administration of the Administrative Office of Courts. | |||
Analysis: The bill grants non or limited english speaking people the right to have an interpreter in court. | |||||
1218. |
HB 1218 Good Policy |
Rivers McGraw Mental Health Treatment Court Act; revise. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a system in which courts can refer people to mental health treatment courts. This helps lessen the prison population and gives people the help they need. | |||||
1219. |
HB 1219 Bad Policy |
Medical Practice Act; revise and update provisions of. | |||
Analysis: This bill transfers more power to the medical licensure board, increases their ability to levy and create new fines, and eliminates midwifery. | |||||
1220. |
HB 1220 Not Rated |
Aggravated DUI; provide alternative penalty for persons under a certain age. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1221. |
HB 1221 Not Rated |
Wildlife management areas; authorize use of mobility-related devices on trails for certain individuals. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1222. |
HB 1222 Bad Policy |
The Mississippi Collaborative Response to Mental Health Act; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill has a 25% tax increase on vapor products. | |||||
1223. |
HB 1223 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1224. |
HB 1224 Not Rated |
Crown Act; authorize to prohibit discrimination in work places and living spaces based on hairstyles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1225. |
HB 1225 Neutral |
Telephone solicitation; bring forward provisions of law relating to. | |||
Analysis: The bill brings forward code sections for possible amendment. | |||||
1226. |
HB 1226 Neutral |
Excavations; provide for impending emergencies and extend notification period for. | |||
Analysis: The bill clarifies what an impending emergency excavation is and sets the requirement that Mississippi 811 will need to be contacted to 3 days instead of 2 days before the excavation is done. | |||||
1227. |
HB 1227 Not Rated |
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trama-informed training. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1228. |
HB 1228 Not Rated |
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a district innovation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1229. |
HB 1229 Neutral |
Department of Public Safety; authorize charges for services with other state agencies. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows the department of public safety to charge payment for services to other state agencies. | |||||
1230. |
HB 1230 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize for 21 days before the election. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1231. |
HB 1231 Not Rated |
Window tint regulation; revise medical exemption. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1232. |
HB 1232 Not Rated |
Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for non exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1233. |
HB 1233 Not Rated |
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities and create diversion to counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1234. |
HB 1234 Not Rated |
Mississippi Law Enforcement Interaction Course Act; enact for implementation in public school curriculum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1235. |
HB 1235 Neutral |
Civil Air Patrol members; authorize granting of administrative leave and leave of absence to for certain emergency services. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for agencies to grant administrative leave for employees participating in official emergency service missions. | |||||
1236. |
HB 1236 Not Rated |
Aliens and foreign government; prohibit from owning real property in the State of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1237. |
HB 1237 Not Rated |
Public servants; revise the time period in which one may contract with the state or local government. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1238. |
HB 1238 Not Rated |
Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1239. |
HB 1239 Not Rated |
Court-ordered restitution; require payment to victim first before court costs/fines are disbursed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1240. |
HB 1240 Not Rated |
Utility-type vehicles; regulate operation of on public roads and highways. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1241. |
HB 1241 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Booneville for repair of and upgrades to the VFW Post 4877 building. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1242. |
HB 1242 Not Rated |
Life insurance policy; require policy loans to have a fixed rate. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1243. |
HB 1243 Not Rated |
Judicial candidates; bring forward code section that provides the qualifying fees for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1244. |
HB 1244 Not Rated |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of MS Highway 365 in Prentiss County as the 'Howard Tillman Bobo Memorial Highway'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1245. |
HB 1245 Not Rated |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of MS Highway 364 in Prentiss County as the 'James Millard Jourdan Memorial Highway'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1246. |
HB 1246 Not Rated |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of MS Highway 365 in Prentiss County as the 'Leland L. Holland Memorial Highway'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1247. |
HB 1247 Not Rated |
Voting rights; restore to all felons after satisfying all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1248. |
HB 1248 Not Rated |
Mental Health Court eligibility; remove the exemption for the crime of breaking and entering. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1249. |
HB 1249 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA for certain projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1250. |
HB 1250 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1251. |
HB 1251 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1252. |
HB 1252 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1253. |
HB 1253 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a park. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1254. |
HB 1254 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1255. |
HB 1255 Not Rated |
Community hospitals; authorize owners of to remove a trustee upon majority vote of owner's governing board. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1256. |
HB 1256 Not Rated |
Violations of local zoning ordinances, authorize governing authorities to pursue administrative or civil penalties for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1257. |
HB 1257 Not Rated |
Parental alienation; reduce by requiring court hearings within a certain amount of time to modify or terminate custody. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1258. |
HB 1258 Not Rated |
Gender Transition Procedures; prohibit for persons under age twenty-one. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1259. |
HB 1259 Not Rated |
Rural hospitals; shall be authorized to transfer patients to larger hospitals when determined to be medically necessary. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1260. |
HB 1260 Not Rated |
Specialty health care providers; create incentive grant program to make available at rural hospitals when larger hospitals are on diversion. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1261. |
HB 1261 Not Rated |
State Medical Forgivable Loan Program for Minority Physicians; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1262. |
HB 1262 Not Rated |
Telemedicine services; create grant program for rural hospitals to develop or enhance use of in emergency rooms. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1263. |
HB 1263 Not Rated |
Menstrual hygiene products; county health department and public schools shall provide free of charge. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1264. |
HB 1264 Not Rated |
School districts; authorize to provide feminine hygiene products for female students in Grades 6-12. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1265. |
HB 1265 Bad Policy |
Screening and approval program for retail sale of products containing certain substances; establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill is an overreach of government and gives more power to the state health officer to regulate what over the counter medicines Mississippians are able to purchase. | |||||
1266. |
HB 1266 Neutral |
Mississippi USA Semiquincentennial Commission and Mississippi Semiquincentennial Celebration Fund; create. | |||
Analysis: The bill establishes a board and a fund to promote the 250th anniversary of America. | |||||
1267. |
HB 1267 Not Rated |
PERS; allow retirees to work as law enforcement officer for another employer and draw retirement allowance and work full-time. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1268. |
HB 1268 Not Rated |
Income tax; increase tax credit allowed for child adoption expenses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1269. |
HB 1269 Not Rated |
Patent confirmation process; fees and costs associated with shall not be more than amount for which the land was purchased. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1270. |
HB 1270 Not Rated |
Helping Heroes Act; create to provide support to first responders and public EMS personnel diagnosed with PTSD. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1271. |
HB 1271 Not Rated |
Commercial Financing Disclosure Law; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1272. |
HB 1272 Not Rated |
Building codes; prohibit state, counties, municipalities from limiting use of federally approved refrigerant in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1273. |
HB 1273 Not Rated |
Building codes; prohibit from limiting use of federally approved refrigerant in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1274. |
HB 1274 Not Rated |
Criminal offense; prescribe mental culpability for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1275. |
HB 1275 Not Rated |
Sales of land for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes; restrict who may purchase at. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1276. |
HB 1276 Neutral |
State officers; provide for a runoff election for. | |||
Analysis: This would revise state law so that state officer elections are decided by a run off election and not by the House of Representatives. | |||||
1277. |
HB 1277 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Dual Credit Scholarship Program; create. | |||
Analysis: This bill allows for the creation of a community college dual credit scholarship program for certain eligible high school students. This results in the Mississippi taxpayers having more of their tax dollars spent on paying for someone else's education. | |||||
1278. |
HB 1278 Not Rated |
Community hospitals; authorize owners of to remove a trustee upon majority vote of owner's governing board. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1279. |
HB 1279 Not Rated |
Mississippi Occupational Diploma; authorize issuance of for students with disablities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1280. |
HB 1280 Not Rated |
Teachers; require school districts to pay salary supplement for perfect attendance during semester. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1281. |
HB 1281 Not Rated |
Bottomland leasing for oyster production; clarify authority of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1282. |
HB 1282 Not Rated |
Hospital police department; authorize for certain privately owned hospitals. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1283. |
HB 1283 Not Rated |
Property insurance; authorize appraisal panel to determine value of property and amount of loss, including issues of causation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1284. |
HB 1284 Not Rated |
Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; expand to nine members. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1285. |
HB 1285 Not Rated |
Unnatural intercourse law; revise to remove 'mankind' from. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1286. |
HB 1286 Neutral |
Alcorn University Extension Annex; rename the 'Dr. Jesse Harness, Sr., Extension and Research Center'. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1287. |
HB 1287 Not Rated |
State employees;remove requirement to use one day of personal leave before using major medical leave. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1288. |
HB 1288 Not Rated |
Rivers McGraw Mental Health Diversion Program; revise to create mental health treatment courts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1289. |
HB 1289 Not Rated |
School janitorial and cafeteria workers; provide minimum compensation at $15.00 per hour. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1290. |
HB 1290 Not Rated |
Orphaned Well Cryptocurrency Mining Partnership Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1291. |
HB 1291 Not Rated |
Urban Flood and Drainage Control Law; authority for assesment on property benefitted by certain projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1292. |
HB 1292 Not Rated |
ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; clarify that certain entities are eligible to participate in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1293. |
HB 1293 Neutral |
Public purchasing; require state agencies to give a preference to Mississippi-made drones and prohibit purchase of drones made in China. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires that any government agency seeking to purchase a drone or drone equipment must do so from a US based business with preference to Mississippi companies, and bans the purchase of drones from china. | |||||
1294. |
HB 1294 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new elementary school for the Okolona Municipal Separate School District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1295. |
HB 1295 Not Rated |
Transfer-on-death deed; exempt from claims of creditor's of deceased transferor. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1296. |
HB 1296 Not Rated |
Community hospitals and UMMC; expand powers and authority and provide for immunity from antitrust laws. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1297. |
HB 1297 Not Rated |
Department of Mental Health; establish grant program to assist with crisis stabilization unit expenses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1298. |
HB 1298 Not Rated |
Pharmacy benefit managers; require to use national average drug acquisition cost. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1299. |
HB 1299 Bad Policy |
Pharmacy benefit managers; require to make available to the public, without redaction, contracts relating to pharmacy benefit management services. | |||
Analysis: This bill is a major overreach of government, regulating pharmacy benefit managers, requiring them to make public their private contracts and creating new fines for their noncompliance. | |||||
1300. |
HB 1300 Not Rated |
Ivermectin; authorize pharmacists to provide to adults pursuant to collaborative pharmacy practice agreement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1301. |
HB 1301 Bad Policy |
Career coaching program; modify directive of Office of Workforce Development from piloting to implementing long term. | |||
Analysis: This bill is appropriating money to the office of workforce development to hire career coaches for schools. School districts should take this upon themselves to implement career training instead of using more taxpayer money to pay non profits. | |||||
1302. |
HB 1302 Not Rated |
Immunization requirements; authorize religious exemption from requirements of schools and child care facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1303. |
HB 1303 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1304. |
HB 1304 Not Rated |
Elections; prohibit use of word 're-elect' unless for person who is current incumbent of the office sought. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1305. |
HB 1305 Not Rated |
Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1306. |
HB 1306 Not Rated |
Elections; revise certain provisions about names of candidates appearing on the ballot, judicial candidate's annual report and fraudulent absentee voter applications. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1307. |
HB 1307 Not Rated |
Elections; provide for post-election audit report. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1308. |
HB 1308 Not Rated |
Elections; revise provisions for the distribution of absentee ballots. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1309. |
HB 1309 Not Rated |
Election Integrity Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1310. |
HB 1310 Not Rated |
Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1311. |
HB 1311 Not Rated |
Elections; provide guidelines for receiving federal funds, guidance and communications regarding. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1312. |
HB 1312 Not Rated |
Term limits; all elected officials limited to serving only two consecutive terms in office. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1313. |
HB 1313 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize at the office of the registrar and additional early voting polling places. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1314. |
HB 1314 Not Rated |
School Immunization; authorize exemption from requirements for religious beliefs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1315. |
HB 1315 Not Rated |
Pornographic media materials; regulate access to minors and require age verification. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1316. |
HB 1316 Not Rated |
Health benefit plans; prohibit from providing coverage or related services for clinician-administered drugs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1317. |
HB 1317 Not Rated |
Pharmacists; authorize to test for and administer treatment for minor, nonchronic health conditions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1318. |
HB 1318 Not Rated |
Baby drop-off and safe haven; revise provisions that regulate. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1319. |
HB 1319 Not Rated |
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) Pilot Program; establish within State Department of Education. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1320. |
HB 1320 Not Rated |
Early Voting Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1321. |
HB 1321 Not Rated |
Eleventh Grade students; require to take GED or High School Equivalency Test for senior early release privilege eligibility. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1322. |
HB 1322 Not Rated |
School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1323. |
HB 1323 Not Rated |
Homework; require teachers to incorporate daily and weekly assignments into their curriculum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1324. |
HB 1324 Not Rated |
The Crown Act; create to include property sales. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1325. |
HB 1325 Not Rated |
City of Brandon; extend repealer on hotels/motel to fund amphitheater and other ancillary improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1326. |
HB 1326 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1327. |
HB 1327 Not Rated |
Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1328. |
HB 1328 Not Rated |
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1329. |
HB 1329 Not Rated |
Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program; create under State Department of Education. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1330. |
HB 1330 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Jonestown for the Jonestown multipurpose building expansion project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1331. |
HB 1331 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Alligator for cost of the 2022 water and sewer improvement project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1332. |
HB 1332 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Coahoma Community College for construction of a new dormintory on the campus. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1333. |
HB 1333 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1334. |
HB 1334 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Jackson Resource Center for making infrastructure improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1335. |
HB 1335 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Alliance School for Workforce Development for repair and improvements to its facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1336. |
HB 1336 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Jackson Resource Center for homeless individuals with infrastructure improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1337. |
HB 1337 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Alliance School for Workforce Development with repair of building. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1338. |
HB 1338 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Alligator with water and sewer project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1339. |
HB 1339 Not Rated |
Anesthesiologist assistants; provide for licensure and regulations by Board of Medical Licensure. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1340. |
HB 1340 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a dormitory at Coahoma Community College. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1341. |
HB 1341 Not Rated |
Digital or online resources or databases; require vendors to verify technology protection measures for persons under 18. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1342. |
HB 1342 Not Rated |
Adoption procedures; regulate by creting a licensure authority. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1343. |
HB 1343 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Pratt Community Center for repair and renovation of the Pratts Old School House building and facilities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1344. |
HB 1344 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovationof the Pratts Old School House building in Lee County. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1345. |
HB 1345 Not Rated |
Appropriation; community college board for funding repair, renovation or improvement of existing infrastructure of community colleges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1346. |
HB 1346 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL Board for funding repair, renovation or improvement of existing infrastructure of universities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1347. |
HB 1347 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for support of certain agriculture research and extension programs at Alcorn State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1348. |
HB 1348 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for enhancing STEM-related facilities and programs at Alcorn State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1349. |
HB 1349 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Alcorn State University Agriculture Research and Extension projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1350. |
HB 1350 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Alcorn State University projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1351. |
HB 1351 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with repair and renovation of the Rosenwald School in Marshall County. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1352. |
HB 1352 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvement of student housing at Jackson State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1353. |
HB 1353 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance fo construction of a separate water system for Jackson State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1354. |
HB 1354 Not Rated |
Appropriations; Jefferson County and town of Fayette for construction of a rodeo arena. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1355. |
HB 1355 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Jefferson County with construction of a rodeo arena. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1356. |
HB 1356 Not Rated |
City of Lexington; extend repealer on restaurant tourism tax. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1357. |
HB 1357 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize isuance for construction of a stadium on or near the campus of Jackson State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1358. |
HB 1358 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a parking lot for the Jackson Convention Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1359. |
HB 1359 Not Rated |
Bonds; authoize issuance for improvements to the Dr. Timothy Burrow Multipurpose Building in Jonestown. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1360. |
HB 1360 Not Rated |
Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2023; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1361. |
HB 1361 Not Rated |
Mississippi Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1362. |
HB 1362 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1363. |
HB 1363 Not Rated |
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1364. |
HB 1364 Not Rated |
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1365. |
HB 1365 Not Rated |
Assistant teacher salaries; prohibit school districts from using any state-funded increase to substitute the local contribution. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1366. |
HB 1366 Not Rated |
Licensing boards; prohibit from disciplinary or threatening discipline of health care providers for exercising free speech rights. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1367. |
HB 1367 Not Rated |
The Academic Transparency Act of 2023; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1368. |
HB 1368 Not Rated |
School districts; authorize certain districts to employ retired teachers while they continue to draw retirement allowance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1369. |
HB 1369 Not Rated |
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1370. |
HB 1370 Not Rated |
COVID-19 vaccines; require Attorney General to investigate pharmaceutical companies' promotion and distribution. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1371. |
HB 1371 Not Rated |
Therapists; create a felony for those who have sexual contact with patients. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1372. |
HB 1372 Not Rated |
Child advocacy centers; require to be funded by line item in Health Department appropriation bill. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1373. |
HB 1373 Not Rated |
'Released-Time Moral Instruction Act of 2023'; enact to permit students to receive religious instruction during the school day. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1374. |
HB 1374 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Clinton Public School District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1375. |
HB 1375 Not Rated |
Municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area to be completed within three years of annexation decree. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1376. |
HB 1376 Not Rated |
Municipal annexation; restrict collection of ad valorem taxes until certain services are provided by municipality. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1377. |
HB 1377 Not Rated |
Municipal annexation/deannexation; require election be held on the question of in the subject territory to be annexed/deannexed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1378. |
HB 1378 Not Rated |
Municipal annexation; provide temporary moratorium on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1379. |
HB 1379 Not Rated |
Municipal annexation; require an election be held in the proposed annexed territory. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1380. |
HB 1380 Not Rated |
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1381. |
HB 1381 Not Rated |
Medicaid expansion; provide for statewide referendum on question of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1382. |
HB 1382 Not Rated |
Social media company community standards; require court to issue injunction when plaintiff demonstrates violation of by a defendant's communications on social media platform. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1383. |
HB 1383 Not Rated |
Fuel tax; authorize certain municipalities to impose after an election to be used for road and bridge repair and maintenance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1384. |
HB 1384 Not Rated |
Capitol Complex Improvement District; require 10% of funds be used to compensate City of Jackson for police and fire protection. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1385. |
HB 1385 Not Rated |
Abortion; provide for statewide referendeem on question of prohibiting abortions in Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1386. |
HB 1386 Not Rated |
Body-worn cameras; prohibit law enforcement from recreating past activities with. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1387. |
HB 1387 Not Rated |
Salaries; increase for members of the Mississippi Senate and Mississippi House of Representatives. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1388. |
HB 1388 Not Rated |
MDA FY22 appropriations from Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; revise those made to the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1389. |
HB 1389 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for constructing a separate water system for Jackson State University. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1390. |
HB 1390 Not Rated |
Abstinence education; delete repealer on school board requirement to adopt a policy on abstinence-only or abstinence-plus. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1391. |
HB 1391 Not Rated |
Minority set-aside contracts; prohibit municipalities from utilizing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1392. |
HB 1392 Bad Policy |
MS Vulnerable Persons Abuse Registry; require Department of Human Services to establish. | |||
Analysis: This bill creates a Vulnerable Persons Abuse Registry, which may appear to be a good thing, but persons may be entered into the registry even if they were NOT convicted of a crime at all and could remain on the list indefinitely. The Registry would be open to the public for viewing. This violates due process and the right of individuals to clear their name by standing trial. | |||||
1393. |
HB 1393 Not Rated |
Career coaching program; modify directive of Office of Workforce Development from piloting to implementing long term. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1394. |
HB 1394 Not Rated |
Off-duty highway patrol officers; authorize Colonel of Highway Patrol to allow use of uniforms, weapons, vehicles by officers on private duty. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1395. |
HB 1395 Not Rated |
Noneconomic damages; revise. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1396. |
HB 1396 Not Rated |
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1397. |
HB 1397 Not Rated |
State Health Plan; provide coverage for prosthetic teeth and dental implants for children with oligodontia. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1398. |
HB 1398 Not Rated |
Elementary professional school counselors; allocate funds under Mississippi Adequate Education Program for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1399. |
HB 1399 Not Rated |
School districts; require certain policies and alternative curriculum if accountability rating at three lowest levels. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1400. |
HB 1400 Not Rated |
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1401. |
HB 1401 Not Rated |
Compulsory school attendance; require youth court petition after third unlawful absence and authorize community service for violations. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1402. |
HB 1402 Not Rated |
Eleventh Grade students; require to take GED or High School Equivalency Test for senior early-release privilege eligibility. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1403. |
HB 1403 Not Rated |
First grade enrollment; allow child who turns six on or before December 31 to start at beginning of that school year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1404. |
HB 1404 Not Rated |
Earned-discharge credits; authorize offenders on probation/parole to earn for participation in faith-based activities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1405. |
HB 1405 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1406. |
HB 1406 Not Rated |
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1407. |
HB 1407 Not Rated |
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1408. |
HB 1408 Not Rated |
College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1409. |
HB 1409 Not Rated |
Pre-kindergarten; require Department of Education to create the 'ABC Program' to provide instruction via Internet. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1410. |
HB 1410 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt certain retail sales of electronic devices/educational software and sales of feminine hygiene products. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1411. |
HB 1411 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide coverage for substance abuse and mental health services for pregnant and postpartum women. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1412. |
HB 1412 Not Rated |
School curriculum; require teaching of certain high school subjects in 'C', 'D' and 'F' rated districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1413. |
HB 1413 Not Rated |
Hope Program; establish and develop system to re-enroll high school dropouts in programs leading to a high school diploma. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1414. |
HB 1414 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Save Our Children Act'; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1415. |
HB 1415 Not Rated |
Mathematic and science instruction; enhance through new middle school programs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1416. |
HB 1416 Not Rated |
Engineering Studies Scholarship Program; establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1417. |
HB 1417 Not Rated |
'Health Careers Academy'; create for students in Grades 9 through 12. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1418. |
HB 1418 Not Rated |
Vision 2030: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Thirty; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1419. |
HB 1419 Not Rated |
Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1420. |
HB 1420 Not Rated |
First Grade; allow any child who turns six during the calendar year to start at the beginning of school year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1421. |
HB 1421 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt on retail sales of certain electronic devices. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1422. |
HB 1422 Not Rated |
Delinquency of a minor; include causing a child to violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Law as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1423. |
HB 1423 Not Rated |
Subsequent offense; revise how a first offense is calculated. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1424. |
HB 1424 Not Rated |
College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create for administration of pre-ACT assessments in public schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1425. |
HB 1425 Not Rated |
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1426. |
HB 1426 Not Rated |
Professional School Counselors Pilot Program; establish in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1427. |
HB 1427 Not Rated |
Mathematics and science; require public middle schools to provide program to enhance instruction in. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1428. |
HB 1428 Not Rated |
Early Commitment to College Program; establish in schools and districts assigned an 'F' accountability rating. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1429. |
HB 1429 Not Rated |
Parolees who participate in faith-based or faith-based sponsored activities; authorize reduction of time spent on probation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1430. |
HB 1430 Not Rated |
DHS; direct to reinstate program of providing meals to older individuals in community setting. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1431. |
HB 1431 Not Rated |
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1432. |
HB 1432 Not Rated |
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1433. |
HB 1433 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Senior Cadets Program'; require State Department of Education to establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1434. |
HB 1434 Not Rated |
Life insurance; authorize funeral services provider to obtain certain information within two business days. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1435. |
HB 1435 Not Rated |
Funeral director assistants; authorize to perform all activities of funeral directors with certain exceptions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1436. |
HB 1436 Not Rated |
Healthcare Coordinating Council; reconstitute and require to make report on specific health goals for the state. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1437. |
HB 1437 Not Rated |
Felony expunction; revise age to obtain to conform to revisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1438. |
HB 1438 Not Rated |
Online voter registration; authorize for first-time registrants. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1439. |
HB 1439 Not Rated |
Mississippi Fair Housing Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1440. |
HB 1440 Not Rated |
Marijuana possession; provide civil penalty for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1441. |
HB 1441 Not Rated |
'Ban-the-Box Act'; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1442. |
HB 1442 Not Rated |
Pre-kindergarten program; require Department of Education to create 'ABC Program' to provide instruction via Internet. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1443. |
HB 1443 Not Rated |
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1444. |
HB 1444 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; increase per diem rate paid to regionals for housing of state offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1445. |
HB 1445 Not Rated |
Assistant teachers; provide annual salary supplement in 'C,' 'D' and 'F' school districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1446. |
HB 1446 Not Rated |
Teacher salaries; authorize supplement for teachers in critical shortage subject areas in 'D' and 'F' districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1447. |
HB 1447 Not Rated |
MS Teachers' Salaries Task Force; create to recommend how state can pay teachers at southeastern average. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1448. |
HB 1448 Not Rated |
Community and junior colleges; waive all tuition and costs for graduates of Mississippi high schools. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1449. |
HB 1449 Not Rated |
Mental health; require DMH to convert unused IDD beds to be used for alcohol and drug use services. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1450. |
HB 1450 Not Rated |
Juneteenth National Independence Day; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1451. |
HB 1451 Not Rated |
Municipal election commissioners; revise appointments of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1452. |
HB 1452 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health for upgrades and improvements to infrastructure at county health departments. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1453. |
HB 1453 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA for distribution to counties and municipalities for water/sewer infrastructure projects authorized under ARPA. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1454. |
HB 1454 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for increasing alcohol and drug rehabilitation beds and crisis intervention teams. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1455. |
HB 1455 Not Rated |
State Board of Education; require to develop curriculum and implement programs of conflict resolution. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1456. |
HB 1456 Not Rated |
SNAP and TANF recipients; require those unemployed to take Test of Adult Basic Education. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1457. |
HB 1457 Not Rated |
School attendance; require for children unable to score a 21 or higher on the ACT until the child reaches 18 years of age. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1458. |
HB 1458 Not Rated |
Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program; create to help assistant teachers to become licensed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1459. |
HB 1459 Not Rated |
Same-day voter registration; authorize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1460. |
HB 1460 Not Rated |
Summer Youth Training Employment Program; authorize school districts to establish. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1461. |
HB 1461 Not Rated |
Former collegiate athlete scholarship program; create to attract former athletes back to school for teaching degree. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1462. |
HB 1462 Not Rated |
'2023 Mississippi Youthbuild Pilot Program Act'; create with programs at Coahoma and Jones County Community Colleges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1463. |
HB 1463 Not Rated |
Appropriation; employment security for funding summer youth employment programs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1464. |
HB 1464 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; authorize establishment of summer youth work programs. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1465. |
HB 1465 Not Rated |
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1466. |
HB 1466 Not Rated |
'Dream Makers Program'; create as an after-school program for students in Grades 7 and 8. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1467. |
HB 1467 Not Rated |
Homework; require teachers to incorporate daily and weekly assignments into their curriculum. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1468. |
HB 1468 Not Rated |
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1469. |
HB 1469 Not Rated |
IHL; continue annual deposits into Ayers Settlement Fund for 10 years and end reductions to Ayers Endowment Trust. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1470. |
HB 1470 Not Rated |
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1471. |
HB 1471 Not Rated |
DHS; develop process to ensure that subgrantees reflect the demographic makeup of the eligible population for the grants. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1472. |
HB 1472 Not Rated |
Operating motor vehicles with certain gross weight limitation without a permit; bring forward registration and fine provisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1473. |
HB 1473 Not Rated |
Motor vehicle combined weight total; bring forward provisions related to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1474. |
HB 1474 Not Rated |
Vehicles transporting certain agricultural products or timber; clarify maximum length cannot exceed requirements for day time operation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1475. |
HB 1475 Not Rated |
Harvest permit; increase fee for issuance and extend repealer. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1476. |
HB 1476 Not Rated |
'Families' Rights and Responsibilites Act of 2023'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1477. |
HB 1477 Not Rated |
Harvest permits; extend repealer on authority of MDOT to issue. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1478. |
HB 1478 Not Rated |
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1479. |
HB 1479 Not Rated |
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1480. |
HB 1480 Not Rated |
'Parents' Bill of Rights Act of 2023'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1481. |
HB 1481 Not Rated |
Retirement; county board attorneys and city attorneys shall be members of PERS regardless of hours/week worked. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1482. |
HB 1482 Not Rated |
Legislature; allow certain retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1483. |
HB 1483 Not Rated |
Funeral services; require payment for before body may be transferred from one funeral home to another. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1484. |
HB 1484 Not Rated |
Perpetual care cemeteries; require certain acreage and trust fund deposit to establish new. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1485. |
HB 1485 Not Rated |
Copper materials; prohibit transactions between certaon sellers and scrap metal dealers and other purchases. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1486. |
HB 1486 Not Rated |
Immunization and vaccination of preventable disease requirements for school children; exempt based on regligious tenets. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1487. |
HB 1487 Not Rated |
Vaccine exemption; authorize for religious, philosophical or conscientious reasons. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1488. |
HB 1488 Not Rated |
Immunization and vaccination of preventable disease requirements for school children; exempt based on religious tenets. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1489. |
HB 1489 Good Policy |
'Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2023'; enact. | |||
Analysis: This bill ensures and protects parental rights in regard to their children's education and health. This is a positive step in helping parents lead their families how they see fit and being able to oversee their child's education. | |||||
1490. |
HB 1490 Bad Policy |
Licenses issued by Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; require suspension for failure to pay child support. | |||
Analysis: This bill changes the law to force the commission of wildlife, fisheries, and parks to suspend the hunting and fishing license of any person who has not paid their child support. This imposes mandatory minimums. | |||||
1491. |
HB 1491 Not Rated |
||||
Analysis: | |||||
1492. |
HB 1492 Not Rated |
||||
Analysis: | |||||
1493. |
HB 1493 Not Rated |
||||
Analysis: | |||||
1494. |
HB 1494 Not Rated |
||||
Analysis: | |||||
1495. |
HB 1495 Not Rated |
||||
Analysis: | |||||
1496. |
HC 1 Resolution |
Joint Rules; amend to limit introduction of general bills requiring majority vote to sessions in even-numbered years. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1497. |
HC 2 Resolution |
National Therapy Animal Day; celebrate in Mississippi on April 30, 2023. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1498. |
HC 3 Resolution |
Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements from each congressional district for an initiative petition to the number of current congressional districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1499. |
HC 4 Resolution |
Attorney Constance Slaughter-Harvey; commend and honor historic legacy as a living legal icon. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1500. |
HC 5 Resolution |
Carlton D. 'Corky' Palmer; honor the life and legacy of upon his passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1501. |
HC 6 Resolution |
State of Mississippi; declare as 'Second Amendment Sanctuary' State. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1502. |
HC 7 Resolution |
Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements from each congressional district for an initiative petition to the number of current congressional districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1503. |
HC 8 Good Policy |
Constitution; amend to provide that during legislative sessions held in even years only appropriations bills shall be considered. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1504. |
HC 9 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to reduce assessment ratio for motor vehicles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1505. |
HC 10 Resolution |
Former Representative Noal Akins; honor life and legacy upon his passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1506. |
HC 11 Resolution |
Joint Rules; amend 9A to require all bills with 50 or more cosponsors to be adopted automatically by the committee of House of Origin. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1507. |
HC 12 Resolution |
Senator Hiram Revel and Fannie Lou Hamer; request the joint committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of the statues of James Zachariah George and Jefferson Davis with statues of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1508. |
HC 13 Resolution |
B.B. King or Elvis Presley; request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of Jefferson Davis with either. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1509. |
HC 14 Resolution |
Representative Bennie G. Thompson; commend for service as chairman of committee to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1510. |
HC 15 Resolution |
Bay Springs High School Football Team; commend upon winning MHSAA Class 1A State Championship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1511. |
HC 16 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to restore voting rights to qualified electors who have committed a felony once sentencing requirements are met. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1512. |
HC 17 Resolution |
Cardiovascular risk reduction; recognize need for thorough screening and treatment of metabolic syndrome. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1513. |
HC 18 Resolution |
Salem Missionary Baptist Church; commend upon 157th anniversary of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1514. |
HC 19 Resolution |
Emmett Till murder; issue apology for state's role in killers' acquittals. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1515. |
HC 20 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to restore voting rights to certain qualified electors once sentencing requirements are met. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1516. |
HC 21 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to provide that member of Legislature for the first time after January 1, 2024, not eligible to serve again in that office after serving three terms. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1517. |
HC 22 Resolution |
Article V Convention; provide for selection and authority of commissioners. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1518. |
HC 23 Resolution |
Constitution; signatures from any congressional district cannot exceed certain fractional portion of total number of signatures required for initiative petition. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1519. |
HC 24 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to require early voting 10 days before every election. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1520. |
HC 25 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to provide automatic restoration of suffrage for persons convicted of nonviolent crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1521. |
HC 26 Resolution |
Constitution; conform initiative signature requirements to be from each congressional district for initiative petition. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1522. |
HC 27 Resolution |
Patriotic Education Month; designate the month of September 2023 as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1523. |
HC 28 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to restore voting rights after certain time to qualified electors who have committed a felony. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1524. |
HC 29 Resolution |
Joint Rules; amend to allow legislators to participate remotely in committee meetings and floor sessions beginning in 2024. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1525. |
HC 30 Resolution |
JSU Tigers Football Team; commend upon winning 2022 SWAC Championship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1526. |
HC 31 Resolution |
State of the State address of the Governor; call joint session to hear. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1527. |
HC 32 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to provide for the right to personal reproductive decisions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1528. |
HC 33 Resolution |
Consttution; amend to provide that people have the right to propose new statutes and to amend or repeal existing statutes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1529. |
HC 34 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to provide that people have the right to propose new statutes and to amend or repeal existing statutes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1530. |
HR 1 Resolution |
Jackson Prep 'Patriots' Baseball Team; commend and congratulate for winning the MAIS 6A State Baseball Championship for the 5th consecutive year. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1531. |
HR 2 Resolution |
Chapel Hart; commend successes in their career as well as during America's Got Talent. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1532. |
HR 3 Resolution |
Reverend Dr. Lisa Allen-McLaurin; commend upon her appointment as music scholar-in-residence and interim choral director at the American Church in Paris, France. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1533. |
HR 4 Resolution |
Jim Waide; commend career and community contributions of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1534. |
HR 5 Resolution |
Floyd Shankerman; commend upon iconic years of service to Clarksdale, Mississippi; as owner of Shankerman's. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1535. |
HR 6 Resolution |
Norman Goetzmann Stevens, Jr.; honor life and legacy upon his passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1536. |
HR 7 Resolution |
Dr. Vernon Rayford; commend for outstanding service during COVID-19 pandemic. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1537. |
HR 8 Resolution |
House Rules; amend to create a new House Rule 77.1 to require discussion of all bills referred to a House committee. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1538. |
HR 9 Resolution |
House Rules; amend 104A to require all House committees to be live streamed. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1539. |
HR 10 Resolution |
Coach Jan Sojourner; commend extraordinary coaching career. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1540. |
HR 11 Resolution |
House Rules; amend to create a new rule that requires each committee's agenda to be published 24 hours before the meeting. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1541. |
HR 12 Resolution |
Mr. Martin 'Marty' Davidson; commend upon entrepreneurial legacy and community service as chair of Southern Pipe and Supply. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1542. |
HR 13 Resolution |
Emmett Till murder; issue apology for state's role in killers' acquittals. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1543. |
HR 14 Resolution |
House Rules; amend to require a racial impact statement for all legislation to be attached to each bill. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1544. |
HR 15 Resolution |
Dr. Kim S. Benton; commend upon exceptional service as Interim State Superintendent of Education. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1545. |
HR 16 Resolution |
Louisville High School Football Team; commend upon winning the 2022 MHSAA Class 4A State Championship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1546. |
HR 17 Resolution |
Billy Nicholson; commend the life and legacy of as former state representative. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1547. |
HR 18 Resolution |
Carlton D. 'Corky' Palmer; honor the life and legacy of upon his passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1548. |
HR 19 Resolution |
Mark McAndrews; commend upon his retirement as port director of Port of Pascagoula. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1549. |
HR 20 Resolution |
Copiah County; commend upon its Bicentennial Celebration. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1550. |
HR 21 Resolution |
Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram; commend on winning his first Grammy Award during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1551. |
HR 22 Resolution |
Jones Junior College Bobcats Cheerleading Team; commend on winning Open Coed Division - 2022 UCA College Championship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1552. |
HR 23 Resolution |
Norman Goetzmann Stevens, Jr.; honor life and legacy upon his passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1553. |
HR 24 Resolution |
Suffrage bills; require factors used by House committees to be listed on the official website. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1554. |
HR 25 Resolution |
House rules; amend to require a list of bills to be published on official website. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1555. |
HR 26 Resolution |
Dr. Freda McKissic Bush; honor life and legacy upon her passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1556. |
HR 27 Resolution |
Faye Graham Dillard; commend upon the occasion of her 90th birthday. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1557. |
HR 28 Resolution |
Reba Lee Roy; commend life and legacy upon her passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1558. |
HR 29 Resolution |
Attorney Jonathan C. Hamilton; commend for outstanding service and contributions to the practice of law. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1559. |
HR 30 Resolution |
Dr. John D. Isaacs, Jr.; commend for outstanding service and contributions to the practice of medicine. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1560. |
HR 31 Resolution |
Johnny Johns; commend upon occasion of retirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1561. |
HR 32 Resolution |
Cecil Rhodes; honor life and legacy upon his passing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1562. |
HR 33 Resolution |
Scott Central High School 'Rebels' Football Team; commend upon winning the 2022 MHSAA Class 2A State Championship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1563. |
SB 2001 Not Rated |
Transportation; revise population threshold for radar use on public streets of municipalities to 1500. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1564. |
SB 2002 Neutral |
Memorial highways; designate segment of U.S. 45 in Lowndes County for WW2 Army veteran Bradford C. Freeman. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1565. |
SB 2003 Neutral |
Highways; Dedicate a section of Highway 12 to G. Louis Jones. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1566. |
SB 2004 Not Rated |
Town of Duck Hill; authorize governing authorities to levy tourism tax. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1567. |
SB 2005 Not Rated |
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1568. |
SB 2006 Not Rated |
Festival wine permits; remove repealers and reverters on provisions relating to. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1569. |
SB 2007 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Anguilla in paying costs of improvements projects. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1570. |
SB 2008 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Village of Cary in paying costs of construction of fire station. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1571. |
SB 2009 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Anguilla in paying costs of construction of museum and visitor center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1572. |
SB 2010 Not Rated |
Distinctive tag; authorize for King Hiram Grand Lodge & Electra Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star AF & AM Mississippi. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1573. |
SB 2011 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt motor vehicle transfers to and from trusts, corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1574. |
SB 2012 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for West Central Mississippi Incubator Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1575. |
SB 2013 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to Rolling Fork Civic and Event Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1576. |
SB 2014 Not Rated |
Ad valorem taxes; consider annexed business 'new enterprise' for purpose of eligibility for certain municipal tax exemptions. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1577. |
SB 2015 Not Rated |
Tobacco tax; define tobacco products to include electronic smoking devices for purposes of 15% excise tax. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1578. |
SB 2016 Not Rated |
Highway privilege tax on buses and carriers of property; allow distribution to cities and towns for roads and bridges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1579. |
SB 2017 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax; remove exemption for university or community college foundation or federally qualified health center property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1580. |
SB 2018 Good Policy |
Sales tax; remove tax on wholesale sales of beer. | |||
Analysis: This bill simplifies the taxing code for the wholesale of beer. | |||||
1581. |
SB 2019 Not Rated |
Sales tax; exempt sales of coins, currency and bullion. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1582. |
SB 2020 Not Rated |
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1583. |
SB 2021 Not Rated |
First Responder Appreciation and Recruitment Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1584. |
SB 2022 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Serenity on the Bayou in Anguilla renovate and equip building for Emmanuel Community Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1585. |
SB 2023 Not Rated |
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; reauthorize for supporters of West Point Consolidated School District. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1586. |
SB 2024 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for Community Health and Wellness Center, Inc., health care facility renovations in Isola. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1587. |
SB 2025 Not Rated |
West Central Mississippi Incubator Grant Program; establish with county governments, DFA and local development districts. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1588. |
SB 2026 Not Rated |
Ad valorem tax on inventory; phase in exemption for certain small businesses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1589. |
SB 2027 Not Rated |
Municipal ad valorem taxes; exempt real property and motor vehicles in an annexed area for 12 months after annexation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1590. |
SB 2028 Not Rated |
Alcoholic beverages; allow local authorities of wet jurisdictions to permit package retail sales on Sunday. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1591. |
SB 2029 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of Triangle Cultural Center in Yazoo City. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1592. |
SB 2030 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance for demolition and cleanup of dilapidated structures in downtown Rolling Fork. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1593. |
SB 2031 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of Oakes African American Cultural Center. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1594. |
SB 2032 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist City of Macon in paying costs of acquisition of fire truck. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1595. |
SB 2033 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Yazoo County in paying costs of drainage project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1596. |
SB 2034 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Rolling Fork in paying costs of Muddy Waters memorial sculpture. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1597. |
SB 2035 Not Rated |
Bonds; authorize to assist Humphreys County in paying costs of roadway, curb and gutter improvements in Westgate Subdivision. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1598. |
SB 2036 Not Rated |
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to City of Rolling Fork for improvement of water system. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1599. |
SB 2037 Not Rated |
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Village of Eden for improvement of water and sewer system. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1600. |
SB 2038 Not Rated |
General Funds; FY2024-appropriation to Humphreys County for certain roadway, curb and gutter improvements. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1601. |
SB 2039 Not Rated |
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Yazoo County for a drainage project. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1602. |
SB 2040 Not Rated |
Appropriation FY 2024; IHL-University of Mississippi Medical Center for Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1603. |
SB 2041 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1604. |
SB 2042 Not Rated |
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; authorize Q-risq Analytics pilot program providing live storm impact data. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1605. |
SB 2043 Not Rated |
State agencies; notify Legislature of proposed rule adoption. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1606. |
SB 2044 Not Rated |
State Auditor; empower to investigate embezzlement in cities, counties and other public entities. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1607. |
SB 2045 Not Rated |
Building codes; prohibit from limiting use of federally approved refrigerant. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1608. |
SB 2046 Not Rated |
Mississippi National Security in Public Purchasing Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1609. |
SB 2047 Not Rated |
Sales tax; create diversion to counties. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1610. |
SB 2048 Not Rated |
Mississippi resident bidder preference; provide 10% preference over vendors located outside of the United States. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1611. |
SB 2049 Not Rated |
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1612. |
SB 2050 Not Rated |
Mississippi Development Authority; require periodic PEER review of effectiveness of Tourism Advertising Fund expenditures. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1613. |
SB 2051 Not Rated |
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to MDA for the West Central Mississippi Incubator Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1614. |
SB 2052 Not Rated |
Regulatory Reduction Program; require certain pilot agencies to implement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1615. |
SB 2053 Good Policy |
Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists. | |||
Analysis: This bill requires agencies to report potential deficits to government officials, and will have to work with the state auditor to eliminate costs. This holds agencies accountable for their spending and protects taxpayers. | |||||
1616. |
SB 2054 Good Policy |
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect. | |||
Analysis: This bill provides for the removal of a state officer from their office for neglecting their duties. This protects Mississippians from officers not performing and wasting taxpayer money. | |||||
1617. |
SB 2055 Not Rated |
Higher Education Legislative Plan; revise eligibility and repeal MTAG and Eminent Scholars Grant Program. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1618. |
SB 2056 Not Rated |
Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of school every day. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1619. |
SB 2057 Not Rated |
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1620. |
SB 2058 Not Rated |
School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1621. |
SB 2059 Not Rated |
No Patient Left Alone Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1622. |
SB 2060 Not Rated |
Podiatric medicine and podiatrists; revise definition of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1623. |
SB 2061 Not Rated |
Universal Recognition of Occupational Licenses Act; exempt psychologists. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1624. |
SB 2062 Not Rated |
No Patient Left Alone Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1625. |
SB 2063 Not Rated |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; require Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT cards. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1626. |
SB 2064 Not Rated |
Birth Certificates; require certain information be included. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1627. |
SB 2065 Not Rated |
United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1628. |
SB 2066 Not Rated |
Board of Cosmetologist; allow special permits for shampooists. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1629. |
SB 2067 Not Rated |
Comprehensive Career and Technical Education Reform Act; transition career coaching program from pilot to long term. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1630. |
SB 2068 Not Rated |
Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1631. |
SB 2069 Not Rated |
Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1632. |
SB 2070 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1633. |
SB 2071 Not Rated |
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1634. |
SB 2072 Not Rated |
Mississippi Gaming Commission certified law enforcement officers; authorized to retain sidearms upon retirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1635. |
SB 2073 Not Rated |
Age of majority; lower to 18 for securing home loans and entering contracts for real property. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1636. |
SB 2074 Not Rated |
Youth court; prohibit intake based solely on the opinion of a medical professional on contract with DHS or CPS. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1637. |
SB 2075 Not Rated |
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1638. |
SB 2076 Not Rated |
The Title IX Preservation Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1639. |
SB 2077 Not Rated |
Charitable Organizations; Raise audit threshold for contributions to $750,000.00, and use a cash basis only. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1640. |
SB 2078 Not Rated |
Eminent Domain; require entities to notify and explain proposed projects to landowners before hiring a surveyor. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1641. |
SB 2079 Not Rated |
Mississippi School Protection Act; enact to allow armed educators. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1642. |
SB 2080 Not Rated |
Mississippi Consumer Data Privacy Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1643. |
SB 2081 Not Rated |
Statewide county court system; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1644. |
SB 2082 Not Rated |
Child support; administratively suspend obligations for incarcerated individuals. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1645. |
SB 2083 Not Rated |
Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1646. |
SB 2084 Not Rated |
Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1647. |
SB 2085 Not Rated |
Eminent domain; provide compensation for the loss of a business's goodwill. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1648. |
SB 2086 Not Rated |
Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1649. |
SB 2087 Not Rated |
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 18. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1650. |
SB 2088 Not Rated |
District attorneys; increase office operating allowance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1651. |
SB 2089 Not Rated |
Land ownership; prohibit certain entities from. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1652. |
SB 2090 Not Rated |
Burial rights; preclude party at fault for death from deciding. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1653. |
SB 2091 Not Rated |
Liens; delete the exception to expiration of a lien where notation had been made on the judgment roll within a certain period. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1654. |
SB 2092 Not Rated |
Land; prohibit ownership by nonresident aliens who are citizens of certain countries. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1655. |
SB 2093 Not Rated |
Child abuse or neglect; provide for civil liability false reports of. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1656. |
SB 2094 Not Rated |
MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1657. |
SB 2095 Not Rated |
Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1658. |
SB 2096 Not Rated |
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1659. |
SB 2097 Not Rated |
Marijuana; legalize possession of certain amount. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1660. |
SB 2098 Not Rated |
Juvenile offenders; provide alternative sentencing and early-release options when convicted of certain crimes. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1661. |
SB 2099 Neutral |
Motor vehicle theft; revise penalty for. | |||
Analysis: This bill changes the theft of motor vehicles to a felony and increases the fine to $10,000 for the first offense. | |||||
1662. |
SB 2100 Bad Policy |
Receiving stolen property; revise the crime of. | |||
Analysis: This bill removes judge discretion in the cases of receiving stolen firearms and motor vehicles by establishing mandatory minimums. | |||||
1663. |
SB 2101 Bad Policy |
Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of fleeing a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest and carjacking. | |||
Analysis: This bill leads to more criminalization with no evidence that it leads to less crime. | |||||
1664. |
SB 2102 Not Rated |
Impending emergency excavation; define, establish advance notice requirements and require premarking for. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1665. |
SB 2103 Not Rated |
Definitions and penalties regarding regulation of gasoline and petroleum products; extend repealer on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1666. |
SB 2104 Not Rated |
Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; extend repealer on. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1667. |
SB 2105 Not Rated |
Voting; require printed record of each vote. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1668. |
SB 2106 Not Rated |
Early voting; authorize up to 10 days prior to any election. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1669. |
SB 2107 Not Rated |
Municipal primary elections; extend deadline in case of annexation. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1670. |
SB 2108 Not Rated |
Legislative offices; define vacancy. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1671. |
SB 2109 Not Rated |
Mississippi Student Absentee Voter Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1672. |
SB 2110 Not Rated |
Affidavit ballots; reduce length of time within which certain persons must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1673. |
SB 2111 Not Rated |
Elections; public official's qualification as candidate deemed resignation of current office. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1674. |
SB 2112 Not Rated |
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1675. |
SB 2113 Not Rated |
Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1676. |
SB 2114 Not Rated |
Mississippi Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; create. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1677. |
SB 2115 Not Rated |
Tianeptine; schedule substance and criminalize intent to transfer. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1678. |
SB 2116 Not Rated |
The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1679. |
SB 2117 Not Rated |
Earned-release supervision; require Parole Board to approve release of offenders. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1680. |
SB 2118 Not Rated |
Child support; allow restricted driver's license for work and worship. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1681. |
SB 2119 Not Rated |
Firearms; clarify that possession of multiple firearms shall subject felon to multiple charges. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1682. |
SB 2120 Neutral |
Firearms; authorize law enforcement officers employed by attorney general to purchase upon retirement. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1683. |
SB 2121 Not Rated |
Chemical endangerment of a child or fetus; criminalize. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1684. |
SB 2122 Neutral |
Bribery of a public official; increase statute of limitations to 5 years. | |||
Analysis: The bill establishes a 5 year statute of limitations for bribery of a candidate. | |||||
1685. |
SB 2123 Not Rated |
Public service animals; increase penalties for harming. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1686. |
SB 2124 Not Rated |
DUIs; increase maximum imprisonment for first and second DUI offenses. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1687. |
SB 2125 Not Rated |
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1688. |
SB 2126 Not Rated |
Restoration of the Right to Vote Act; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1689. |
SB 2127 Neutral |
Terroristic threats; revise elements of. | |||
Analysis: The bill just clarifies some language in regard to "cede to the person's demands" | |||||
1690. |
SB 2128 Not Rated |
Trespass; criminalize offense on property other than a structure or conveyance. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1691. |
SB 2129 Not Rated |
Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1692. |
SB 2130 Not Rated |
Juvenile offenders; provide alternative sentencing and parole options. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1693. |
SB 2131 Not Rated |
Aggravated assault; create crime related to the delivery of fentanyl. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1694. |
SB 2132 Not Rated |
Aggravated DUI; order child support to children of deceased victim. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1695. |
SB 2133 Not Rated |
Arrest warrants; authorize electronic signatures. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1696. |
SB 2134 Not Rated |
Statute of limitations; except sexual battery from. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1697. |
SB 2135 Not Rated |
Suffrage; restore to any person disqualified by reason of criminal conviction upon completion of sentence. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1698. |
SB 2136 Not Rated |
'Service Canine Protection Act of 2022'; enact. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1699. |
SB 2137 Neutral |
'Mississippi Native Plant Month'; designate each April as. | |||
Analysis: | |||||
1700. |
SB 2138 Neutral |
Tourism; designate the Mississippi Opal as the state gemstone. |