2023 Regular Session
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HB 231 Bad Policy |
Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program; add fentanyl and drug abuse prevention education. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 519 Bad Policy |
Landscape architects; authorize to participate with multi-disciplinary engineer and architecture firms. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: There are provisions in this bill that seek to overregulate firms and strip power away from engineers in multidisciplinary firms. | ||||
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HB 538 Neutral |
Pat Harrison Waterway District; provide county withdrawal from district not effective until close of FY in which county obligations met. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 540 Good Policy |
Personal and professional services; require the Department of Finance and Administration to conduct solicitations of for certain agencies. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill adds several new agencies to the list of required contract service solicitations the DFA must conduct. This helps keep Mississippi taxpayers from having their money wasted on excessive contracts and forces the agencies to spend less money. | ||||
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HB 552 Bad Policy |
Poll managers; increase the compensation of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill doubles the daily pay for poll workers. | ||||
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HB 556 Bad Policy |
'Property Clean up Revolving Fund'; establish. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 696 Bad Policy |
Capitol Complex Improvement District; revise boundary lines of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: changes the boundaries of the CCID | ||||
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HB 702 Neutral |
Reverse auction; revise method of receiving bids through for agencies and governing authorities. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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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. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 809 Neutral |
Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 858 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Regional Preneed Disaster Clean Up Act; create. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 875 Neutral |
Public purchases; revise bidding requirements for certain projects and other related to Mississippi Landmarks. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 985 Neutral |
EMS Advisory Council; revise membership of. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 986 Bad Policy |
Transportation; allow public and private partnerships to establish electric vehicle charging stations. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill is government using taxpayer to prop up electric car charging station. That is not a proper function of government. | ||||
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HB 989 Bad Policy |
Child Protection Services; remove from DHS and make it a separate agency. | Dead | ||
| 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? | ||||
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HB 1033 Good Policy |
MS Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund; require administration to submit report of purchasing needs to legislative committees. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill requires the Mississippi management and reporting system to submit an annual report of future purchasing needs to the accountability, efficiency, and transparency committee. This could help save Mississippi taxpayers by holding the office accountable for wasteful spending. | ||||
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HB 1108 Neutral |
Rural water associations; authorize those providing sewer services to participate in the ARPAA Rural Water Association Infrastructure Grant Program. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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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. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill is creating a new state board to spend more taxpayer dollars. | ||||
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HB 1194 Bad Policy |
County boards of supervisors; authorize donations to MS Main Street programs and civil rights memorials. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows taxpayer dollars to be given to a non profit organizations as well as to be spent erecting statues. | ||||
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HB 1213 Neutral |
Water Infrastructure Grant Program; DEQ shall give priority to applicants not receiving funding in first round grants. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 1229 Neutral |
Department of Public Safety; authorize charges for services with other state agencies. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows the department of public safety to charge payment for services to other state agencies. | ||||
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HB 1293 Neutral |
Public purchasing; require state agencies to give a preference to Mississippi-made drones and prohibit purchase of drones made in China. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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HB 1310 Good Policy |
Elections; revise provisions related to the integrity of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill puts into place some election protection procedures to ensure safe election. It is a step in the right direction for election integrity. | ||||
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SB 2042 Not Rated |
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; authorize Q-risq Analytics pilot program providing live storm impact data. | Dead | ||
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SB 2043 Not Rated |
State agencies; notify Legislature of proposed rule adoption. | Dead | ||
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SB 2044 Not Rated |
State Auditor; empower to investigate embezzlement in cities, counties and other public entities. | Dead | ||
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SB 2045 Not Rated |
Building codes; prohibit from limiting use of federally approved refrigerant. | Dead | ||
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SB 2046 Not Rated |
Mississippi National Security in Public Purchasing Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2047 Not Rated |
Sales tax; create diversion to counties. | Dead | ||
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SB 2048 Not Rated |
Mississippi resident bidder preference; provide 10% preference over vendors located outside of the United States. | Dead | ||
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SB 2049 Not Rated |
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary. | Dead | ||
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SB 2050 Not Rated |
Mississippi Development Authority; require periodic PEER review of effectiveness of Tourism Advertising Fund expenditures. | Dead | ||
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SB 2052 Not Rated |
Regulatory Reduction Program; require certain pilot agencies to implement. | Dead | ||
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SB 2053 Good Policy |
Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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SB 2054 Good Policy |
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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SB 2078 Not Rated |
Eminent Domain; require entities to notify and explain proposed projects to landowners before hiring a surveyor. | Dead | ||
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SB 2114 Not Rated |
Mississippi Pregnant Workers Fairness Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2136 Not Rated |
'Service Canine Protection Act of 2022'; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2160 Not Rated |
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; merge into one board. | Dead | ||
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SB 2204 Not Rated |
Open Meetings Act; court shall void any action taken in violation of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2205 Not Rated |
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise appointments to reflect congressional districts at time of appointments. | Dead | ||
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SB 2214 Not Rated |
Charitable Solicitations; revised reporting period to three years. | Dead | ||
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SB 2217 Not Rated |
Mississippi Design Professionals Act; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2270 Not Rated |
Elections; Secretary of State shall conduct study on the feasibility of allowing students to vote via the internet. | Dead | ||
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SB 2281 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Fentanyl and Drug Abuse Education Program; establish within Department of Mental Health. | Dead | ||
| 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. | ||||
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SB 2284 Not Rated |
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish. | Dead | ||
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SB 2285 Not Rated |
Temporary day workers; protect labor and employment rights of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2286 Not Rated |
Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2288 Not Rated |
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish. | Dead | ||
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SB 2291 Not Rated |
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health. | Dead | ||
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SB 2292 Not Rated |
The Mississippi Family Paid Leave Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2294 Not Rated |
Restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers. | Dead | ||
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SB 2295 Not Rated |
Restitution centers; transition to prerelease centers. | Dead | ||
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SB 2299 Not Rated |
Mississippi Recall Act of 2023; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2311 Not Rated |
Counties; require to participate in the ACT Work Ready Community Initiative. | Dead | ||
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SB 2312 Neutral |
County-owned real estate; establish competitive bidding process for lease or sale. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill allows for a leaseholder to have the right of first refusal in the sale of county owned property if their bid is no less than 5% of the highest bid for the property and the leaseholder constructed improvements to the property, otherwise it goes to the highest bidder and allows the county to conduct an auction for the property. | ||||
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SB 2313 Not Rated |
Columbia Training School; amend DFA conveyance authority to require consideration that best promotes public interest. | Dead | ||
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SB 2351 Not Rated |
Elections; allow the Attorney General to investigate alleged election fraud. | Dead | ||
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SB 2439 Not Rated |
Labor; Mississippi Minimum Wage Act. | Dead | ||
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SB 2440 Not Rated |
The Mississippi Family Paid Leave Act; establish. | Dead | ||
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SB 2441 Not Rated |
Labor; protect temporary or day laborer employment rights. | Dead | ||
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SB 2443 Not Rated |
Diversity of appointments; ensure representation of race and gender in appointed government positions. | Dead | ||
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SB 2450 Not Rated |
Open Meetings Act; bring forward for purposes of possible amendment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2474 Not Rated |
Capitol Complex Improvement District; bring forward provisions of law related to for purposes of possible amendment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2475 Not Rated |
Public Records Act; exempt personal identifying information for Department of Marine Resources license holders from. | Dead | ||
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SB 2476 Not Rated |
Provision of law regulating state purchase and use of wireless communication devices; bring forward for possible amendment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2483 Not Rated |
Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2496 Good Policy |
MDOC; require performance audit of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2512 Bad Policy |
Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations and municipalities for infrastructure projects. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is spending more tax dollars through ARPA funds, growing our reliance on federal dollars. | ||||
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SB 2514 Neutral |
Secretary of State; clarify authority to transfer land records to Department of Archives and History. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill clarifies that if the Secretary of State finds that the office cannot maintain a record due to the age of the material, he can transfer it to the department of archives and history but still have full access to it. | ||||
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SB 2517 Not Rated |
Mississippi Regional Preneed Disaster Cleanup Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2522 Not Rated |
Forestry; abolish Forestry Commission and transfer duties to Division of Forestry in MS Department of Agriculture & Commerce. | Dead | ||
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SB 2535 Not Rated |
Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; convert into advisory commission. | Dead | ||
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SB 2538 Neutral |
Mississippi Regional Pre-Need Disaster Clean Up Act; create. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill adds the ability for county boards of supervisors to enter into agreements together to bid on disaster clean up services. After clarifying that the contracts will be under the purview of the State Auditor and the removal of the anti-competition amendment, this bill seems to be ok. | ||||
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SB 2637 Not Rated |
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972. | Dead | ||
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SB 2638 Not Rated |
Ballot initiative measure process; revise the statutory provisions of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2639 Not Rated |
Elections; bring forward all code sections concerning the ballot initiative for possible amendment. | Dead | ||
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SB 2667 Not Rated |
Open Meetings law; amend to include Legislature and provide judicial enforcement of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2668 Not Rated |
Disparity study; require MDA to file copies with the Legislature by not later than December 31, 2023. | Dead | ||
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SB 2669 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; prohibit surcharge on certain payments by credit or debit cards. | Dead | ||
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SB 2670 Not Rated |
State Truth Commission; establish. | Dead | ||
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SB 2671 Not Rated |
Open Meetings Law; require official meetings to be broadcast via video livestream applications, with exceptions. | Dead | ||
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SB 2672 Not Rated |
MS Public Records Act; exempt certain private information of persons conducting in-state operations. | Dead | ||
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SB 2673 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Real Estate Appraisal Board; make independent from Mississippi Real Estate Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This is a strike all inserting HB1187 language. This bill is creating a new state board to spend more taxpayer dollars. | ||||
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SB 2674 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Labor; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2675 Not Rated |
IHL equipment leasing and purchase program; raise expenditure threshold. | Dead | ||
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SB 2678 Not Rated |
Department of Child Protection Services; separate agency from the Department of Human Services. | Dead | ||
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SB 2682 Not Rated |
Elections; nonbinding ballot initiative concerning potential Medicaid expansion. | Dead | ||
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SB 2721 Not Rated |
Transfer of tax-forfeited land by the Secretary of State to public agencies; clarify procedures. | Dead | ||
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SB 2724 Bad Policy |
Department of Public Safety building project and contract; exempt from certain public purchasing requirements. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill keeps the new Public Safety building from falling under the public purchasing requirements which could lead to waste of taxpayer dollars. | ||||
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SB 2730 Not Rated |
Municipal annexation; require an election be held in the proposed annexation territory. | Dead | ||
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SB 2735 Good Policy |
Mayoral veto power; clarify scope of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill clarifies the power of the mayor to veto and requires that a mayor cannot enter into any contract or expend more than 100 dollars without approval from council or alderman. | ||||
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SB 2803 Not Rated |
Occupational Licensing Review Board; revise membership. | Dead | ||
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SB 2823 Not Rated |
IHL; require to allocate funding for nonresident students to student financial aid programs. | Dead | ||
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SB 2825 Not Rated |
State agencies; prohibit radio and TV advertising to promote agency programs except in certain instances. | Dead | ||
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SB 2829 Not Rated |
Federal regulations; require specific authorization by the Legislature by state enforcement. | Dead | ||
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SB 2837 Not Rated |
Mississippi Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund; require State Fiscal Officer to submit purchasing needs to Legislature. | Dead | ||
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SB 2843 Not Rated |
Mississippi Legislative Regulatory Oversight Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2844 Neutral |
Bureau of Fleet Management; revise duties thereof. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill is just removing the portion that requires a state agency that receives a reassigned vehicle from another state agency to pay into the general fund the money equal to the value of the car. | ||||
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SB 2845 Not Rated |
Construction manager at risk program; exempt under public bidding laws. | Dead | ||
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SB 2848 Not Rated |
Public works construction; performance bond not required if contract is less than $50,000.00 and paid in two equal installments. | Dead | ||
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SB 2850 Not Rated |
Mississippi Highway Patrol Retirement Health Insurance Benefit Program; establish. | Dead | ||
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SB 2853 Good Policy |
Small unmanned aircraft systems; require state purchase and servicing of from American companies only. | Alive | ||
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SB 2854 Not Rated |
Public works contracts; raise monetary threshold for performance bond requirement of. | Dead | ||
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SB 2856 Not Rated |
Open meetings; revise accessibility to information on meeting times, agenda and minutes. | Dead | ||
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SB 2866 Not Rated |
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require agencies to solicit public comment in advance of filing. | Dead | ||
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SB 2867 Not Rated |
Governmental entities; prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment in public employment, education or contracting. | Dead | ||
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SB 2868 Not Rated |
Taking; prohibit state cooperation with federal effort to ban firearms or seize property. | Dead | ||
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SB 2871 Not Rated |
Municipal program to address delinquent water accounts; extend repealer. | Dead | ||
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SB 2874 Not Rated |
Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of Mississippi residents by the state or as condition of employment; prohibit. | Dead | ||
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SB 2876 Not Rated |
'Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2023'; enact. | Dead | ||
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SB 2877 Not Rated |
Regulatory reduction program for Department of Environmental Quality; provide pilot program. | Dead | ||
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SB 2880 Not Rated |
Personal and medical leave; law enforcement and firefighters can buy back after work-related injury. | Dead | ||
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SC 517 Resolution |
Constitution; amend Section 33 to authorize ballot initiative for new law. | Dead | ||
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SC 529 Resolution |
Constitution; amend Section 273 to reinstate initiative process. | Dead | ||
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SC 530 Resolution |
Constitution; amend to revise ballot initiative process. | Dead | ||
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SC 531 Resolution |
Constitution; amend Section 273 to provide initiative procedure for new law or constitutional amendment. | Dead | ||
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SC 532 Resolution |
Constitution; amend Section 273 to reinstate initiative process and revise initiative signature requirements. | Dead | ||
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SC 533 Good Policy |
Constitution; amend to revise ballot initiative process. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This was amended to go back to the original number of 12% of the governor's election for signatures. It has a some prohibitions to the bill, but is overall a positive step towards giving people their ballot initiative back. | ||||
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SC 534 Resolution |
Constitution; amend Section 273 to reinstate initiative process and revise initiative signature requirements. | Dead | ||
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SN 2 Not Rated |
Arnold Edward (T.J.) Taylor, Jr., Madison, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees, unexpired six year term beginning January 1, 2020 and ending January 1, 2026, vice Edmond Hughes. | Alive | ||
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SN 69 Not Rated |
Charles William (Bill) Cook, Jr., Oxford, Mississippi, Information Technology Services Authority, five year term beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2027. | Alive | ||
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SN 76 Not Rated |
Norman Paul Katool, Madison, Mississippi, Public Procurement Review Board, four year term effective July 1, 2023 and will expire June 30, 2027. | Alive | ||
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SN 93 Not Rated |
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |