2021 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
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HB 103 Not Rated |
Mississippi Seafood Marketing Law of 2021; enact to require certain consumer notice and country of origin labeling. | Dead | ||
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HB 153 Not Rated |
E-verify program; transfer responsibility of administering to the Commission of Agriculture and Commerce. | Dead | ||
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HB 284 Bad Policy |
Pecan Harvesting Law; revise penalties for violating. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases penalties for violating the Pecan Harvesting Law. This is not the proper role of government. | ||||
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HB 312 Good Policy |
Central Market Board; abolish and transfer functions of to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government efficiency and accountability by abolishing the Central Market Board and moving its functions to the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. The government should abolish all unnecessary boards, streamline only necessary services, eliminate functions that are not part of the core functions of government, and reduce overall spending. | ||||
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HB 402 Not Rated |
Country of Origin Labels; clarify labeling of covered commodities. | Dead | ||
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HB 546 Not Rated |
Agriculture appreciation; require to be incorporated into curriculum of public colleges and universities. | Dead | ||
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HB 547 Not Rated |
State property urban farms; authorize state agencies to dispose of unneeded real property for cultivation and sale of fresh produce. | Dead | ||
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HB 556 Good Policy |
16th Section lands; authorize local school boards to enter into public or private contracts for sale of forestry products grown on. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government efficiency by creating an avenue for local school boards to participate in selection of activities on 16th Section lands. This action brings government closer to the citizens by increasing participation in government functions by locally elected officials whom are accountable to the citizens who elected them rather than limiting those functions to unaccountable boards and statewide elected officials or agencies. | ||||
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HB 560 Not Rated |
Agriculture Market Reports; require the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce to develop and publish for distribution. | Dead | ||
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HB 562 Not Rated |
Cottage food products; delete prohibition on the Internet sale of. | Dead | ||
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HB 588 Not Rated |
Mississippi On-Farm Sales and Food Freedom Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 774 Not Rated |
Mississippi Fair Advisory Council; revise composition to add representation from Alcorn State University. | Dead | ||
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HB 784 Not Rated |
'The Farmer Equity Act of 2021'; enact to require the Department of Agriculture and Commerce to perform certain duties. | Dead | ||
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HB 792 Not Rated |
'Healthy Foods Access Program Act'; enact. | Dead | ||
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HB 793 Not Rated |
Healthy Local Food Incentive Program; enact. | Dead | ||
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HB 977 Not Rated |
Weighing devices; provide Commissioner of Agriculture with authority to regulate those that dispense agricultural commodities. | Dead | ||
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HB 1175 Not Rated |
Patriot Guard Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 1286 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Country of Origin Labeling Law of 2009'; revise to also require notice of country of processing. | Dead | ||
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SB 2072 Neutral |
Pecan Harvesting Law; revise penalties for violating. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill, in its current form, neither expands nor contracts the size or scope of government. This bill creates an unpaid study committee to review existing statute to identify methods to ensure sustainability of growers and promotion of growing opportunities to expand the market, and to provide growers and landowners equal protections under the law from theft and misappropriation of funds received from the sale of pecans harvested upon pecan grower's or landowners' property. | ||||
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SB 2076 Not Rated |
Mississippi Fair Commission; remove repealer and revise advisory council composition. | Alive | ||
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SB 2077 Good Policy |
Central Market Board; abolish and transfer functions to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce. | Dead | ||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |