2023 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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HB 287 Neutral |
Mississippi Forestry Commission; authorize to electronically accept bids for timber sales. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows for the forestry commission to accept electronic bids for the sale of timber. | ||||
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HB 787 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters; bring forward all code sections and authorize to suspend license of licensee for failure to satisfy judgement. | Alive | ||
| 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. | ||||
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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 | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SB 2524 Neutral |
Sixteenth Section land; authorize long-term contracts for sale of certain forest products. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill lets school boards to sell off forestry products on sixteenth section land. | ||||
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SB 2525 Bad Policy |
Forestry; create the Forestry Facility Grant Program. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill is creating another government grant program for something that is not a core function of government. | ||||
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SB 2548 Good Policy |
Motor vehicles; clarify that vehicle length restrictions are the same for day and night operation. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes unnecessary regulations on nighttime motor vehicle lengths. | ||||
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SN 81 Not Rated |
George Martin (George) Hopper, Ph.D., Starkville, Mississippi, Mississippi Forestry Commission as an At-Large representative, six year term effective March 20, 2023 and ending March 19, 2029. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SN 82 Not Rated |
Patricia Ann (Pat) Thomasson, Philadelphia, Mississippi, Mississippi Forestry Commission as an At-Large representative, six year term effective February 22, 2023 and ending January 19, 2029. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: |
| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |