2021 Regular Session
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HB 14 Not Rated |
Regional food banks; DHS establish grant program to provide annual grant funding to. | Dead | ||
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HB 16 Not Rated |
Mississippi Highway Patrol and MBN officers; increase salaries of. | Dead | ||
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HB 21 Not Rated |
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center. | Dead | ||
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HB 24 Not Rated |
Community and Police Safety Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 26 Not Rated |
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks. | Dead | ||
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HB 27 Not Rated |
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers. | Dead | ||
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HB 29 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact. | Dead | ||
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HB 30 Not Rated |
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 36 Not Rated |
Domestic abuse court program; establish. | Dead | ||
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HB 37 Not Rated |
Youth and Community Safety Act; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 38 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program. | Dead | ||
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HB 39 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics. | Dead | ||
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HB 42 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County. | Dead | ||
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HB 44 Not Rated |
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer. | Dead | ||
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HB 45 Not Rated |
Mississippi Commission on Wage Review; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 51 Not Rated |
School board members; establish annual salary based on student enrollment. | Dead | ||
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HB 53 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Employment Security for youthbuild programs eligible for grants under Youthbuild Act. | Dead | ||
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HB 55 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Human Services for youthbuild programs eligible for grants under Youthbuild Act. | Dead | ||
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HB 56 Not Rated |
Unemployment compensation; revise weekly benefit amount for. | Dead | ||
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HB 62 Not Rated |
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants. | Dead | ||
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HB 63 Not Rated |
Regional correctional facilities; prohibit from operating as a private correctional facility. | Dead | ||
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HB 64 Not Rated |
Employees terminated from certain agencies, departments, institutions or nonprofits; prohibit from receiving similar employment. | Dead | ||
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HB 68 Not Rated |
Appropriation; additional to DFA for purchases of new state flags for state buildings and offices. | Dead | ||
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HB 69 Not Rated |
State Veterans Affairs Board; provide that certain employees of are nonstate service employees under state personnel system. | Alive | ||
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HB 77 Not Rated |
Criminal investigators; increase salary of. | Dead | ||
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HB 85 Not Rated |
Speech-language pathologists and audiologists; create board to license and regulate. | Dead | ||
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HB 90 Not Rated |
ABC Division officers; compensation shall be determined by special plan approved by Personnel Board. | Dead | ||
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HB 91 Neutral |
Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: Although this bill returns public utilities funds to special funds, this bill maintains the limitation on the collection of taxes that requires collections not exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature for the regulation of utilities. This bill ensures money collected from taxpayers is spent on government functions for which it was collected. This bill maintains accountability and transparency. | ||||
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HB 100 Neutral |
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on requirement that fees be deposited into State General Fund. | Alive | ||
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HB 105 Not Rated |
National board certified school nurses; remove cap on number of eligible for annual salary supplement. | Dead | ||
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HB 106 Bad Policy |
State budget; revise provisions in several FY21 appropriation bills. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill makes specific changes to numerous FY21 appropriations from Special Fund sources. Special Funds contribute significantly to cronyism and a reduction of transparency and accountability in government. | ||||
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HB 108 Not Rated |
Wireless Communication Commission; remove ITS control over. | Dead | ||
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HB 109 Neutral |
State budget; enact and revise various provisions relating to. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes language that is no longer applicable and preserves the sound policy of 98% allocation of the general funds for this fiscal year. | ||||
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HB 111 Neutral |
Community and junior colleges; authorize boards of trustees to approve policies permitting waiver of out-of-state tuition. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases accountability at the school level by tightening the existing statute authorizing out-of-state tuition waivers. This bill requires the president of each school to request a waiver of out-of-state tuition and limits the waivers to adjacent geographic areas, which is in line with the criteria for such waivers in surrounding states, rather than applying an overarching board instituted policy across all public colleges. However, this bill also removes the requirement for local industry, business, or state agency reimbursement. This policy change could potentially lead to increased budget requests by community and junior colleges. | ||||
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HB 121 Not Rated |
Trip optimizer system; exempt youth services counselors from. | Dead | ||
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HB 148 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund; use portion of monies in to advertise state parks. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill expands the size and scope of government beyond its proper role. | ||||
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HB 152 Not Rated |
State Parks; provide funding from net proceeds of the Mississippi Lottery Corporation. | Dead | ||
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HB 169 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MDE to assist parents in paying school districts for cost of lost/damaged electronic devices assigned to students. | Dead | ||
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HB 171 Not Rated |
Mississippi Tuition Subsidy Forgivable Loan; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 177 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Lee and Monroe Counties for funding National Resource Camp pilot program. | Dead | ||
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HB 183 Not Rated |
PERS; all public safety employees vest in 4 years and are entitled to allowance with 25 years of service. | Dead | ||
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HB 194 Not Rated |
State Oil and Gas Board; extend repealer on authority to use Capital Expense funds for emergency plugging of orphaned wells. | Dead | ||
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HB 199 Bad Policy |
Appropriation; additional for various state agencies for Fiscal Year 2021. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill makes specific changes to numerous FY21 appropriations from both the Capital Expense Fund and Special Fund sources. Special Funds contribute significantly to cronyism and a reduction of transparency and accountability in government. | ||||
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HB 205 Not Rated |
Medicaid; revise reimbursement rate for durable medical equipment (DME) and exempt DME from 5% reduction. | Dead | ||
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HB 206 Not Rated |
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS. | Dead | ||
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HB 207 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law. | Dead | ||
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HB 211 Bad Policy |
Insurance Department; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act. | Dead | ||
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HB 212 Bad Policy |
State Fire Marshal and Fire Academy; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act. | Dead | ||
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HB 221 Not Rated |
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage. | Dead | ||
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HB 224 Not Rated |
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court District. | Dead | ||
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HB 228 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Holmes County Consolidated School District for expenses of consolidation. | Dead | ||
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HB 229 Not Rated |
Appropriation; MDOC to pay regional facilities $34.00 per day for each state inmate. | Dead | ||
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HB 236 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for additional funding for crisis centers and outpatient services. | Dead | ||
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HB 237 Not Rated |
PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years. | Dead | ||
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HB 238 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2021'; enact. | Dead | ||
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HB 243 Not Rated |
Regional correctional facilities; increase daily amount paid to certain facilities for the housing of state offenders. | Dead | ||
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HB 246 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Archives and History for Church of God in Christ historical markers in Holmes County. | Dead | ||
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HB 251 Not Rated |
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL. | Dead | ||
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HB 257 Not Rated |
MAEP; define 'at-risk pupil' and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. | Dead | ||
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HB 258 Not Rated |
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses. | Dead | ||
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HB 260 Not Rated |
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of. | Dead | ||
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HB 261 Not Rated |
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students. | Dead | ||
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HB 264 Not Rated |
Holmes County State Park; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may lease land in and contract for services to operate. | Dead | ||
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HB 268 Not Rated |
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to. | Dead | ||
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HB 275 Not Rated |
Public employees; exempt from bad check fees caused by error in direct deposit made by their employer or retirement system. | Dead | ||
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HB 288 Not Rated |
Crimininal investigators; increase salary of. | Dead | ||
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HB 289 Not Rated |
State assessments; deposit certain into designated special funds instead of General Fund. | Dead | ||
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HB 307 Good Policy |
Health department; authorize certain charges for services with other agencies for operation of medical marijuana program. | Dead | ||
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HB 317 Not Rated |
National board certification annual salary supplement; remove cap on number of nurses and speech-language pathologists eligible for. | Dead | ||
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HB 325 Not Rated |
Nonadmitted policy fee; delete repealer on and revise distribution of. | Dead | ||
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HB 326 Not Rated |
Mississippi Surplus Lines Association; authorize Commissioner of Insurance to have excess funds of transferred to the State General Fund. | Dead | ||
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HB 332 Not Rated |
Nonadmitted policy fee; revise distribution of and delete repealer on. | Dead | ||
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HB 334 Not Rated |
PERS; no retiree shall receive allowance from while under contract with state agency as a consultant or advisor. | Dead | ||
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HB 339 Not Rated |
State employees; provide for 3% increase in compensation for each of the next 4 fiscal years. | Dead | ||
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HB 340 Not Rated |
Patient Choice Act of 2021; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 342 Not Rated |
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA. | Dead | ||
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HB 343 Not Rated |
Minimum wage; establish and provide for increases in. | Dead | ||
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HB 351 Not Rated |
Law enforcement; provide for and amend various laws regarding. | Dead | ||
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HB 361 Not Rated |
MS Achievement School District; specify use of funds for the benefit of local school district of funds' origin. | Dead | ||
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HB 372 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Edwards for funding the town Youth Enrichment Program. | Dead | ||
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HB 373 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Utica for establishing a senior day care center. | Dead | ||
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HB 383 Not Rated |
National Board Certified teachers; provide additional annual salary supplement to those employed in Walthall County. | Dead | ||
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HB 393 Not Rated |
Seventh Circuit Court District; authorize additional judges. | Dead | ||
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HB 408 Not Rated |
Mississippi Prison Industries; require to pay inmates federal minimum wage for inmate labor. | Dead | ||
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HB 411 Not Rated |
Irlen Syndrome; require screening for and districts to provide reasonable accommodations for students with. | Dead | ||
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HB 415 Not Rated |
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the 'Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act,' and lower compulsory age to five years. | Dead | ||
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HB 416 Not Rated |
Charter school payments; require school districts to pay local funds due on a monthly basis. | Dead | ||
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HB 417 Not Rated |
National Board Certified teachers; include those employed in Hinds County as eligible for additional supplement. | Dead | ||
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HB 424 Neutral |
Memorial highways; designate. | Alive | ||
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HB 433 Not Rated |
Public and private schools; require all employees to annually receive flu vaccine. | Dead | ||
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HB 434 Not Rated |
Public and private schools; require all employees to be tested annually for tuberculosis. | Dead | ||
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HB 435 Not Rated |
Spouse and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at postsecondary institutions. | Dead | ||
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HB 437 Not Rated |
Public and private schools; require proper hand washing materials in all restrooms. | Dead | ||
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HB 441 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Holly Springs for widening a road for the Springs Industrial Park. | Dead | ||
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HB 454 Not Rated |
ETV; Legislature not appropriate general funds to after fiscal year 2022, use funds for teacher salaries. | Dead | ||
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HB 456 Not Rated |
English language learners; increase funding to districts with 20% or more enrolled student population comprised of. | Dead | ||
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HB 457 Not Rated |
Mississippi English Language Learners Scholarship Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 458 Not Rated |
English language learners; require waivers of accountability for districts with 25% of enrollment being. | Dead | ||
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HB 459 Not Rated |
Transportation funding; authorize public-private partnerships to include naming rights. | Dead | ||
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HB 460 Not Rated |
Trooper training class; require Legislature to appropriate funds in 2021 and 2022 sessions to defray expenses of. | Dead | ||
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HB 466 Neutral |
Inmate Welfare Fund; require DOC to expend unused portions of the fund on reentry purposes. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: Ideally, government should reduce its spending to eliminate “unused portions” of taxpayers' money sitting in a government account instead of in the hands of the taxpayers who earned the money. However, this bill ensures taxpayers’ money is spent in a manner consistent with the reason for its collection. | ||||
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HB 470 Not Rated |
MDA Job Training Grant Fund; repeal and transfer monies into North Mississippi Workforce Development and Training Fund. | Dead | ||
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HB 489 Not Rated |
School athletic trainers; provide annual salary supplement for those acquiring national certification. | Dead | ||
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HB 497 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program. | Dead | ||
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HB 502 Not Rated |
Assistant Teacher Forgivable Loan Program; revise to increase financial assistance to those pursuing teacher licensure. | Dead | ||
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HB 515 Not Rated |
Council on the Prevention of School Shootings; create to develop center in A.G.'s office to monitor online activity. | Dead | ||
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HB 517 Not Rated |
Mississippi Remote Worker Grant Program; create to recruit certain workers to Mississippi. | Dead | ||
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HB 523 Not Rated |
State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish. | Dead | ||
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HB 528 Not Rated |
Appropriations; Department of Education for administering ACT WorkKeys Assessment to all career and technical education students. | Dead | ||
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HB 576 Good Policy |
Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehabilitation Fund; revise allocation formula. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government accountability and establishes responsible fiscal policy in the allocation of additional funds from the Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehabilitation Fund. This bill adds language to existing statute that ensures deficiencies are addressed before certification of eligibility for additional funds is granted. This bill institutes inspections necessary to verify existing deficiencies are in fact being addressed. | ||||
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HB 582 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for support of certain agriculture research and extension programs at Alcorn State University. | Dead | ||
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HB 583 Not Rated |
Appropriations; IHL for enhancing stem-related facilities and programs at Alcorn State University. | Dead | ||
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HB 584 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL for certain agriculture research and extension capital projects at Alcorn State University. | Dead | ||
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HB 613 Not Rated |
Medicaid; revise certain provisions regarding managed care providers and payments during appeals. | Dead | ||
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HB 621 Not Rated |
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL. | Dead | ||
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HB 622 Not Rated |
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend community or junior colleges. | Dead | ||
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HB 623 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL board for cost of waiving tuition at IHLs for certain foster children and adopted children. | Dead | ||
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HB 643 Not Rated |
Retirement; county board attorneys and city attorneys shall be members of PERS regardless of hours/week worked. | Dead | ||
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HB 647 Not Rated |
Elected statewide and certain district officials; increase salaries of. | Dead | ||
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HB 649 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; authorize to administer the 'Halfway House Grant Program.' | Dead | ||
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HB 650 Not Rated |
DOC's evaluation of requests for proposals for canteen services; require interested third parties to have reasonable prices for services. | Dead | ||
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HB 654 Not Rated |
Minimum wage; establish and provide for annual cost-of-living increases. | Dead | ||
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HB 656 Not Rated |
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts. | Dead | ||
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HB 657 Not Rated |
School buses; require those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts and provide opt out provision. | Dead | ||
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HB 662 Not Rated |
Teachers' and teacher assistants' salaries; provide for $1,500.00 increase. | Dead | ||
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HB 663 Not Rated |
Regulatory Reduction Pilot Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 671 Not Rated |
Lottery Proceeds Fund; provide that 10% shall be used by MDE for school improvements. | Dead | ||
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HB 672 Not Rated |
Lottery Proceeds Fund; provide that 10% shall be used by MDE for the purposes of funding teacher pay raises. | Dead | ||
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HB 683 Not Rated |
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made. | Dead | ||
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HB 684 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Caledonia for purchasing and installing a splash pad in Ola J. Pickett Park. | Dead | ||
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HB 686 Not Rated |
Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, Inc.; establish funding for. | Dead | ||
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HB 694 Not Rated |
Home rule improvement; enact for local school districts. | Dead | ||
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HB 700 Not Rated |
'Mississippi Promise Scholarship Act of 2020'; establish to provide tuition assistance for tuition-free community and junior college attendance. | Dead | ||
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HB 704 Not Rated |
Mississippi Secure Choice Savings Program; establish. | Dead | ||
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HB 705 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Labor; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 707 Not Rated |
Public universities and colleges; require to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building on campus. | Dead | ||
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HB 708 Not Rated |
School districts; require each school to have epinephrine auto-injectors and AEDs in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | ||
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HB 709 Not Rated |
AEDs; require at public schools and state institutions of higher learning and provide authority to lease. | Dead | ||
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HB 710 Not Rated |
School districts; require all schools to have epinephrine auto-injectors in every building and cafeteria. | Dead | ||
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HB 712 Not Rated |
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $30,000.00. | Dead | ||
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HB 714 Not Rated |
Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties. | Dead | ||
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HB 715 Not Rated |
Medicaid; require managed care organizations to use certain level of care guidelines in determining medical necessity. | Dead | ||
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HB 716 Not Rated |
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits withheld until full restitution has been paid. | Dead | ||
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HB 720 Not Rated |
Compulsory school age; revise definition to include children who attain the age of five years before September 1. | Dead | ||
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HB 726 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson. | Dead | ||
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HB 731 Not Rated |
State agencies; require to be housed in state-owned buildings located within the City of Jackson. | Dead | ||
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HB 732 Not Rated |
Active shooter training; require school districts employees to attend every three years. | Dead | ||
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HB 739 Not Rated |
Statewide testing program; require tests to be translated and printed into primary spoken language of ELL students. | Dead | ||
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HB 743 Not Rated |
Appropriations; Supreme Court for additional funding for mental health courts. | Dead | ||
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HB 744 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for additional funding for increased number of residential beds. | Dead | ||
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HB 745 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Education for additional funding to increase instructional support positions due to increased needs from COVID-19. | Dead | ||
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HB 748 Not Rated |
Department of Labor; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 750 Neutral |
Deputy Secretaries of State; authorize creation of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill expands the size of government. The creation of new positions in government increases spending, which inevitably results in more money taken from taxpayers. The Secretary of State’s Office should implement measures to streamline its functions utilizing its existing staff. | ||||
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HB 758 Not Rated |
State park fee; authorized MDWFP to provide discount to senior citizens age 65 and older. | Dead | ||
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HB 761 Good Policy |
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise powers and duties relating to the operation of the State Veterans Homes. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill clarifies accountability requirements for the State Veterans Affairs Board. In addition, this bill specifically states contracted property management services are not authorized to dispose of obsolete property. This policy ensures public property will not be sold by contractors for private gain. | ||||
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HB 765 Not Rated |
Pre-election day voting; authorize for 14 days before the election. | Dead | ||
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HB 775 Not Rated |
IHLs; authorize to purchase wireless communication devices to facilitate delivery of educational instruction. | Dead | ||
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HB 783 Not Rated |
Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund; use portion of monies in to advertise state parks. | Dead | ||
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HB 785 Not Rated |
Homelessness; require Department of Human Services to implement grant program for housing. | Dead | ||
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HB 786 Not Rated |
Mental health courts; require annual appropriation to Administrative Office of Courts for support of. | Dead | ||
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HB 787 Not Rated |
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds. | Dead | ||
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HB 789 Not Rated |
School buses; require 20% of those purchased after July 1, 2021, to be equipped with seat belts. | Dead | ||
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HB 795 Not Rated |
First Circuit Court District; revise composition of judgeships. | Dead | ||
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HB 797 Not Rated |
Sexual battery; remove statute of limitations for prosecution of crime of. | Dead | ||
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HB 798 Not Rated |
Voyeurism; revise sentencing options. | Dead | ||
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HB 799 Not Rated |
Terroristic Threats; revise provisions. | Dead | ||
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HB 801 Not Rated |
Special education funds; require separate appropriation to the State Board of Education for. | Dead | ||
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HB 805 Not Rated |
Sex education; require SDE and Department of Health to develop list of approved curricula to be used in schools and revise every five years. | Dead | ||
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HB 811 Not Rated |
Salary increases for legislators; make effective for term of office after term in which salary is increased. | Dead | ||
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HB 814 Neutral |
Public Procurement Review Board; exempt certain contracts entered into by Attorney General's office from oversight of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government efficiency in regards to the specific work of the Attorney General's office in which expert input and/or testimony is necessary. While the work of the Public Procurement Review Board helps to ensure transparency and attempts to decrease spending to the extent it is able, public requisitioning of expertise in a particular field in cases of litigation is not proper. | ||||
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HB 818 Not Rated |
County public defenders; require salary of all to be the same as district attorneys. | Dead | ||
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HB 852 Neutral |
Teachers' and teacher's assistants' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary. | Alive | ||
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HB 857 Not Rated |
Active shooter training; require school district employees to attend every three years. | Dead | ||
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HB 861 Not Rated |
Youth Employment Grant Program; create. | Dead | ||
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HB 869 Not Rated |
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend college. | Dead | ||
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HB 871 Not Rated |
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol; increase salaries of sworn officers by $10,000.00. | Dead | ||
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HB 872 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of United States Highway 61 in Jefferson County as the 'Highway Patrol Lieutenant Troy Morris Memorial Highway.' | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 878 Not Rated |
MS Teachers' Salaries Task Force; create to recommend how state can pay teachers at southeastern average. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 880 Not Rated |
Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 881 Not Rated |
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 882 Not Rated |
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 887 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate a segment of United States Highway 82 in Webster County as 'Corporal William Justin Cooper Memorial Highway.' | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 889 Not Rated |
Medicaid; revise reimbursement for telehealth services provided by FQHCs and community health centers. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 896 Not Rated |
Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; new legislators not members and current members do not earn additional credit. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 909 Not Rated |
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 913 Not Rated |
State podiatric forgivable loan program; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 914 Not Rated |
Legislature; allow certain retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 915 Not Rated |
Legislature; allowed retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 917 Not Rated |
Appropriations; IHL for MS Valley State University for lowering tuition rate for 2021-2022 academic year. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 918 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 921 Not Rated |
'2021 Mississippi Youthbuild Pilot Program Act'; create with programs at Coahoma and Jones County Community Colleges. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 925 Not Rated |
School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include refillable water bottle stations. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 930 Not Rated |
Municipally-owned utilities and other utilities; authorize accounting system accommodation of certain customer uncollectible debt. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 940 Neutral |
Highway sign; authorize erection of on MS Hwy 25 near Pisgah exit to honor Olympic Gold Medalist Tori Bowie. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 948 Not Rated |
School Resource Officers; revise MCOPS grant program to require attendance at any accredited law enforcement academy. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 961 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; provide certain educational programs for adult offenders. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 965 Not Rated |
Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns; establish program to encourage participation in state contracts. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 967 Not Rated |
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 968 Not Rated |
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 970 Not Rated |
Appropriations; Department of Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 975 Not Rated |
District Public Defender; create office of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 976 Not Rated |
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); increase monthly benefit amount. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 979 Not Rated |
Appropriation; employment security for funding summer youth employment programs. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 980 Not Rated |
Summer Youth Training Employment Program; authorize school districts to establish. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 981 Not Rated |
Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program; establish to authorize agreements between assistant teachers and school districts for cost of teacher preparation program. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 986 Not Rated |
Elementary professional school counselors; allocate funds under Mississippi Adequate Education Program for. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 987 Not Rated |
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 988 Not Rated |
Assistant teachers; provide annual salary supplement in C, D and F school districts. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 989 Not Rated |
Mississippi Highway Patrol; increase pay. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 993 Not Rated |
Legislature; members may waive all or any portion of compensation and office expense allowance. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 994 Not Rated |
Retirement; allow PERS retirees to serve in Legislature in same manner as for elected county or municipal offices. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 995 Neutral |
Memorial highway; designate segment in Marshall County, Mississippi as the 'Representative Tommy Woods Memorial Highway.' | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 998 Not Rated |
Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 999 Not Rated |
Agencies; require to provide monthly report of expenditures of state and federal public funds. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1000 Not Rated |
Employment of full time legal counsel as a county employee; authorize for Adams County. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1013 Bad Policy |
Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer program and abolish Division of Medicaid. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill removes checks and balances currently in place to review all actions in one of the largest budget categories in state government. The Constitution does not obligate the states or the federal government to pay for medical expenses, even for the health care needs of poor persons. *Maher v. Roe, 432 U.S. 464, 469 (1977). See also Youngberg v. Romeo, 457 U.S. 307, 317 (1982). In light of the fact that our state voluntarily chooses to use taxpayer money to pay for health care services of others outside of the proper role of government, it is imperative that every effort is made to eliminate unnecessary spending, increase accountability, and promote individuals’ access to the free market. This bill expands the size of government by re- creating an old commission and granting it sole authority over the multi-billion dollar Medicaid budget similar in nature and function as the existing Board of Education. We all know how well that works. . . | ||||
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HB 1024 Not Rated |
First grade enrollment; allow child who turns six on or before December 31 to start at beginning of that school year. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1029 Neutral |
Income share agreements; authorize IHLs to enter into with eligible students. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1032 Not Rated |
Medicaid; exempt durable medical equipment from 5% reduction in provider reimbursement rates. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1035 Not Rated |
Virtual public schools; create pilot program for districts to create and accept out of district students for enrollment. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1038 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide for assessment and exemption from 5% reduction for assisted living services under federal waivers. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1044 Not Rated |
MS Rare Disease Advisory Council; create at UMMC. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1047 Neutral |
Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill enables salary incentives for increased education and training attainment by certain individuals employed in our public schools. Government should work to find innovative spending policies focused on performance. | ||||
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HB 1050 Not Rated |
Criminal investigators; increase the salaries of those employed by district attorneys. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1061 Not Rated |
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual salaries of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1069 Not Rated |
Children's Center for Communication and Development; establish special fund for the support of in providing services for certain exceptional children. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1072 Not Rated |
Teacher salaries; authorize supplement for teachers in critical shortage subject areas in D and F districts. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1073 Not Rated |
Community and junior colleges; waive all tuition and costs for graduates of Mississippi high schools. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1074 Not Rated |
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1085 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide coverage for community-based home-visitation and pregnancy support services. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1086 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide coverage for substance abuse and mental health services for pregnant and postpartum women. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1087 Not Rated |
Medicaid; provide continued eligibility for eligible women for up to 12 months postpartum. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1088 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; increase per diem rate paid to regionals for housing of state offenders. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1089 Not Rated |
Medicaid; covered family planning services shall include coverage for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) methods. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1092 Not Rated |
Medicaid; increase reimbursement rate for preventative dental services for 3 fiscal years. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1110 Not Rated |
DOC; convert restitution centers to post-release reentry centers. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1111 Not Rated |
Use of restitution centers by DOC; repeal and convert centers into post-release reentry centers. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1112 Not Rated |
Corrections Inspection Council; establish. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1119 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Transportation to fund sidewalk in the city of Jackson. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1123 Bad Policy |
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise funding and specify teaching standards. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government spending. A child's education, especially small children in their early stages of learning, is first and foremost the responsibility of parents. Expanding “Early Learning” is not fiscally responsible at this time. Furthermore, government should work to encourage family cohesion and parental responsibility not continually expand programs that provide safety nets for individuals’ choices. | ||||
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HB 1125 Not Rated |
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and trauma informed training. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1126 Not Rated |
Keep Our Kids on Track Act of 2021; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1133 Not Rated |
CTE students; provide tuition-free instruction and increased financial assistance for industry certification assessment. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1138 Not Rated |
Retirement; allow certain members of PERS to purchase creditable service for service with non-PERS employers. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1143 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department to provide epi-pens and AEDs in IHLs, community colleges and schools. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1155 Not Rated |
Compensation for members of boards of supervisors; revise. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1160 Neutral |
Dual Credit Community College Scholarship Program; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill has the potential to increase spending, but it does not mandate increased spending. This bill establishes a special fund scholarship program; however, the continued operation of the program is dependent upon Legislative appropriation. If no money is appropriated the program is suspended. (See lines 102 – 103) | ||||
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HB 1163 Not Rated |
COVID-19; prohibit use of state funds for mandatory administration of vaccine against. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1167 Neutral |
State flags; Secretary of State shall procure for display on Capitol grounds and provided to legislators to give to the public. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1169 Not Rated |
Developmental and physical disabilities; require health insurance policies cover similar to autism spectrum disorder requirement. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1170 Not Rated |
Constables; authorize counties to pay additional compensation to when courts are closed for more than 30 days. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1177 Neutral |
General laws and journals of legislative sessions; copies of not provided to certain recipients of unless specifically requested. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1178 Not Rated |
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1179 Neutral |
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill attempts to consolidate and streamline Mississippi's education repayment programs. | ||||
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HB 1184 Not Rated |
Community and junior colleges; expand workforce development partnerships. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1186 Not Rated |
United States Highway 49; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic highway. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1191 Not Rated |
Retirement; PERS members convicted of job-related felonies shall be terminated from system. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1194 Not Rated |
Appropriations; phase in 25% reduction for agencies and departments over ten years. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1201 Not Rated |
State Public Defender; revise certain powers and duties of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1202 Not Rated |
Postsecondary educational institutions; require 50% in person instruction as condition of receiving legislative appropriation. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1220 Not Rated |
IHL; continue annual deposits into Ayers Settlement Fund for 10 years and end reductions to Ayers Endowment Trust. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1223 Not Rated |
County elected officers; provide that salaries shall not be reduced due to reduction in total assessed valuation or population. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1224 Not Rated |
Bulletproof Vests Revolving Fund; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1226 Not Rated |
Fifteenth Circuit Court Districts; remove residency requirement for Pearl River County and reduce the number of judges for the district. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1227 Not Rated |
Fifteenth Circuit Court District; reduce the number of judges for. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1228 Not Rated |
Fifteenth Circuit Court District; revise residency requirement. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1240 Not Rated |
Colonel Guy Groff State Variable Compensation Plan; allow certain agency heads to implement components of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1243 Not Rated |
State Superintendent of Public Education; align salary of to no more than 150% of Governor's salary. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1244 Not Rated |
MAEP; remove the requirement for collection of fees in lieu of taxes as a portion of local contribution requirement. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1251 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission; return to a special fund agency. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill reestablishes the Worker’s Compensation Commission as a special fund agency. This action reverses the 2016 legislation aimed at increasing government accountability and transparency, which eliminated nearly all special funding of government agencies and departments. | ||||
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HB 1255 Not Rated |
Mississippi Dementia Care Program; create pilot program to provide services for caregivers of and persons with Alzheimer's or dementia. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1256 Neutral |
State Auditor; increase fee to be charged by for performing audits and other services. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1259 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Corrections to establish and maintain certain educational classes for inmates. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1284 Bad Policy |
Department of Revenue License Tag Acquisition Fund; revise certain provisions regarding. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill decreases government accountability and transparency by removing the requirement that the Department of Revenue License Tag Acquisition Fund receive an appropriation from the Legislature for its operations and moves this fund back to a special fund agency. This action is a reversal of the 2016 legislation enacted to streamline the funding process and increase accountability and transparency in government spending. By returning this fund to a special fund agency status, expenditures will not have direct oversight by the Legislature. Appropriation is a core function of the Legislature, the authority of which should not be ceded to agency and department heads who not accountable to the people of Mississippi. | ||||
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HB 1285 Not Rated |
Stay on Track Act of 2021; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1290 Neutral |
Attorney General; allow salaries of assistants to exceed statutory limitation under certain circumstances. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1299 Not Rated |
Skill terminal devices; authorize operation of under in MS Lottery Corporation and impose tax on to support PERS. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1300 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Education to provide grants to school districts to establish telehealth programs. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1341 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for additional funding for community health centers to expand outpatient services for former inmates. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1360 Bad Policy |
Appropriation; additional for the Department of Marine Resources for Fiscal Year 2021. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government spending and decreases accountability. This bill adds an additional $2,000,000 to last year's budget for the Department of Marine resources with limited explanation as to the specific need for this additional money appropriated outside of the appropriation process for last year's budget. | ||||
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HB 1365 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Athletic Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1366 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1367 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1368 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1369 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1370 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1371 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1372 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1373 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1374 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1375 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1376 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1377 Not Rated |
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1378 Not Rated |
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1379 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1380 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Fire Academy. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1381 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Legislative expenses. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1382 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1383 Not Rated |
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1384 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1385 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Attorney General. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1386 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1387 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Education, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1388 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1389 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Arts Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1390 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Library Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1391 Not Rated |
Appropriation; reappropriation, DFA - Bureau of Building; FY21. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1392 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1393 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1394 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1395 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1396 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Public Service Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1397 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1398 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1399 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1400 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1401 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1402 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1403 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Forestry Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1404 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1405 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1406 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1407 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Port Authority, State. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1408 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1409 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1410 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1411 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1412 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1413 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1414 Not Rated |
Appropriation; additional for various state agencies for Fiscal Year 2021. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1419 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Health Department for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1421 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DPS for constructing and staffing a new forensic laboratory in Corinth. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1422 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Jackson Public School District for funding certain program needs of the Career Development Center. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1424 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA for constructing a new building for the 3-D School and Evaluation Center in Petal, MS. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1425 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Town of Artesia for making drainage improvements to alleviate sewer flooding. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1426 Not Rated |
Appropriation; City of Starkville for making Northside Drive drainage improvements. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1427 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA to assist City of Columbus in cost of widening of and other improvements to certain roads. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1428 Not Rated |
Appropriation; DFA for cost of demolition and removal of certain blighted property in City of Jackson. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1429 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Rankin County for the Andrew Chapel Road Project. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1432 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Lee County School District for reconstruction of Verona Elementary School. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1448 Not Rated |
Dead | |||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1451 Not Rated |
Dead | |||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1456 Not Rated |
Dead | |||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1457 Not Rated |
Dead | |||
| Analysis: | ||||
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HB 1464 Not Rated |
Dead | |||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SB 2001 Bad Policy |
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases teachers’ salaries $1,000 in addition to the annual “step” increase already provided in the teacher pay scale and given to every teacher every year. This bill would provide the third pay increase since 2014. The 2014 and 2019 increases amount to an additional $176.9 million dollars needed every year. Adding another pay increase is simply not fiscally responsible during the middle of a pandemic when so many Mississippians face severe economic hardship and total lack of employment. Our government should focus on directing necessary resources to recovery efforts while maintaining a balanced budget to insure the economic stability of our state as a whole. | ||||
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SB 2018 Not Rated |
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on provision requiring deposit of fees to State General Fund. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SB 2062 Bad Policy |
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill proposes to increase government spending. However, the Committee Substitute has a reverse repealer which repeals the bill the day before it would go into effect. This action is another mechanism utilized by the Legislature to send this bill back to committee for further amending. As a result, the rating of this bill is subject to change as it moves through the legislative process. | ||||
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SB 2221 Neutral |
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill does not expend state taxpayer money nor create additional burdens or new regulations. The funding for the program created in this bill is specified as subject to appropriation of federal funds. The intended purpose of this bill is to help preserve our most fundamental governing unit, the family. | ||||
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SB 2296 Not Rated |
Office of Workforce Development; exempt executive director from certain salary and compensation requirements. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SB 2305 Not Rated |
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SB 2429 Neutral |
State-owned vehicles; create study committee to study the management of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: | ||||
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SB 2474 Neutral |
Department of Health; allow charges between agencies for services provided under the medical marijuana program. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill conforms existing statute regarding the assessment of fees between government entities to include grant funds and pass-through money associated with Initiative 65 programs conducted by institutions of higher learning in the same manner as other grants funds and pass-through money. | ||||
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SB 2481 Neutral |
Memorial highways; designate various segments. | Alive | ||
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SB 2547 Not Rated |
Scholarship eligibility requirements; increase minimum ACT scores for MTAG, HELP and MESG. | Dead | ||
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SB 2553 Neutral |
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill brings forward code sections relating to state offenders in county jails. This action requires greater scrutiny of this bill as it moves through the legislative process. Code sections “brought forward" are opened up for amending. Significant deviations from this bill's initial intent due to language changes made at any time during the legislative process may result in its policy rating being changed if such deviations violate the principles of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy. | ||||
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SB 2602 Not Rated |
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants. | Dead | ||
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SB 2689 Not Rated |
State Auditor; increase fee which may be charged for performing audits and other services. | Dead | ||
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SB 2725 Neutral |
State Budget; bring forward certain provisions and transfer funds. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill brings forward code sections dealing with the state budget for possible amendment at a later time. Therefore, this rating is subject to change as the bill moves through the legislative process. | ||||
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SB 2797 Bad Policy |
Department of Public Safety; revise authority, make various amendments. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill broadly expands the Department of Public Safety, increases government power and authority, will lead to increased budget requests, and adds law enforcement powers to contracted investigators working under the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. (See lines 333-334 and 386-387) Under current law those individuals serve as support to law enforcement. In addition, this bill places all prosecutions of officer-involved shootings under the exclusive authority of the Attorney General and all investigations of officer-involved shootings under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation. (See lines 362-364 and 369-374) Such consolidation of power, especially as it relates to due process and the rights of the accused, is dangerous. | ||||
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SB 2816 Neutral |
Public officials and employees; allow Department of Revenue appraisers to receive same pay increases as county tax assessors. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill could potentially lead to increased government spending; however, it does not actually increase spending. The bill provides that when an appraiser employed by the Department of Revenue attends and successfully completes any part of the Mississippi Education and Certification Program and receives a certification the Commissioner of Revenue is authorized to increase the salary of the appraiser in the amount authorized in Section 27-3-52 for completion of the same certification level by a county tax assessor and/or his deputies or assistants. Government should reduce its overall spending to offset any performance based salary increases for government employees. | ||||
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SB 2829 Good Policy |
Department of Revenue; allow to use tag revenue to cover tag program expenses. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The pending House Amendment to this bill increases government accountability by returning unexpended taxpayer money in an existing special fund beyond a specific amount to the state's general fund. | ||||
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SB 2834 Neutral |
Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund Grant Program; establish within Department of Archives and History. | Alive | ||
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SB 2854 Not Rated |
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers. | Dead | ||
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SB 2863 Bad Policy |
MDH; revise appropriation for FY2021 to allow purchase of accumulated compensatory time incurred before June 30, 2021. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill initially changed the appropriation for the Department of Health to purchase unaccumulated compensatory time. However, the Committee Substitute for this bill adds in language to create a new “Special Treasury Fund" for the State Fire Academy Workforce Program” and remove this program from the requirement of being funded through the general fund. The State Fire Academy is required by statute to be funded by appropriation through the Legislature from the general fund. In addition to the creation of this special fund, this bill also specifically allows the State Fire Academy to utilize the monies in this special fund. This action is in direct contradiction to the Legislature's previous action during its 2016 session to eliminate unnecessary special funds and move in the direction of more responsible and accountable fiscal policies through streamlining the appropriation process by funding government functions from the general fund in a clear, line itemized approach. | ||||
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SB 2879 Neutral |
Appropriations; additional appropriations for Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government spending. Unfortunately, the bulk of the appropriations are required to meet existing legal issues and obligations that must be addressed. Many of these issues are the result of either poor policymaking, mishandling of resources and poor delivery of required services or the result of state government obligating taxpayer money to obtain federal funding for education and/or training programs. *The Neutral rating is only because this money must be spent. It is important to note that the policies which led to the necessity for the appropriation of these additional funds were Bad Policies. | ||||
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SB 2904 Neutral |
Appropriation; IHL - General support. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill authorizes spending on specific programs and efforts identified and submitted by universities to the Legislature. The accountability mechanism currently in place and maintained by this bill is insufficient to accurately verify the efficacy of the specific appropriations authorized by this bill. | ||||
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SB 2905 Neutral |
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill authorizes spending on specific programs and efforts at Mississippi's public universities across our state. Unfortunately, there is no accountability mechanism identified by this bill to verify the efficacy of the appropriations authorized by this bill. | ||||
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SB 2906 Neutral |
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural Research, Extension and Land-Grant programs. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill has a reverse repealer which requires it be sent back to committee for further amendment. Therefore, the rating of this bill is subject to change as it moves through the legislative process. | ||||
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SB 2907 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. | Alive | ||
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SB 2908 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service. | Alive | ||
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SB 2909 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center. | Alive | ||
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SB 2910 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2911 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid. | Alive | ||
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SB 2912 Not Rated |
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center. | Alive | ||
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SB 2913 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses. | Alive | ||
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SB 2914 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges. | Alive | ||
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SB 2915 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2916 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2917 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency. | Alive | ||
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SB 2918 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Military Department. | Alive | ||
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SB 2919 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board. | Alive | ||
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SB 2920 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Ethics Commission. | Alive | ||
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SB 2921 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission. | Alive | ||
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SB 2922 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2923 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2924 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board. | Alive | ||
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SB 2925 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission. | Alive | ||
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SB 2926 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2927 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2928 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority. | Alive | ||
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SB 2929 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2930 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2931 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board. | Alive | ||
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SB 2932 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2933 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2934 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional. | Alive | ||
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SB 2935 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2936 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2937 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Gaming Commission. | Alive | ||
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SB 2938 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional. | Alive | ||
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SB 2939 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission. | Alive | ||
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SB 2940 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public. | Alive | ||
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SB 2941 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2942 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2943 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board. | Dead | ||
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SB 2944 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2945 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows. | Alive | ||
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SB 2946 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Audit, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2947 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2948 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2949 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion. | Alive | ||
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SB 2950 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2951 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi. | Alive | ||
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SB 2952 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Personnel Board. | Alive | ||
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SB 2953 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Secretary of State. | Alive | ||
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SB 2954 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office. | Alive | ||
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SB 2955 Not Rated |
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli. | Alive | ||
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SB 2956 Not Rated |
Appropriations; additional appropriations for various state agencies. | Alive | ||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |