2023 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
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HB 232 Neutral |
Dairy show; relocate the show held in Lee County, MS, to Pontotoc County, MS. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill makes no mention of why the show should be relocated. Unclear of reason. | ||||
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HB 240 Good Policy |
Weighing devices; provide Commissioner of Agriculture with authority to regulate those that dispense agricultural commodities. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 256 Neutral |
Mississippi Boll Weevil Management Corporation; extend repealer on requirement that audits be submitted by November 15. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill extends the provision of law that requires the corporation to submit its annual audit to the ag department by november 15. The Senate strike all removes the repealer instead of extends it. | ||||
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HB 280 Neutral |
Foreign governments; prohibit sale of agricultural lands to. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill as amended would create a study committee to study the prohibition of landowners from selling their own property to certain foreign buyers under certain conditions. | ||||
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HB 362 Good Policy |
'Mississippi Food Freedom Act'; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill protects farmers and consumers from unnecessary government regulations and opens the market for direct to consumer purchases. | ||||
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HB 363 Neutral |
Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce; technical amendments related to certain powers and duties. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 484 Bad Policy |
Petroleum Products Inspection Law; delete repealer on definitions and penalties under. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill removes a repealer on the penalties for the petroleum products inspection law. The senate strike all added in language to allow the southern rail commission to receive taxpayer funded grants to promote rail travel. | ||||
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HB 648 Good Policy |
Milk products; exempt owners of certain milk producing animals from regulation when used for personal milk consumption. | Dead | ||
| 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 | ||||
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HB 649 Good Policy |
Mississippi On-Farm Sales and Food Freedom Act; create. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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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. | Dead | ||
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HB 1116 Good Policy |
Regulatory Sandbox Agricultural Innovation Pilot Program; establish. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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SB 2523 Good Policy |
Pecan Harvesting Law; revise penalties for violating. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill says that if a person steals pecans from a private tree, they have to pay restitution. |
| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |