2021 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
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HB 536 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Department of Employment Security; revise various provisions regarding authority of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill increases government spending and encourages government dependence in a program that functions outside the proper role of government. This bill changes the definition of unemployment to provide payments to individuals who are receiving reduced voluntary payments in lieu of their standard weekly wage, as well individuals who do not work a specified number of hours each week resulting in inconsistent weekly wages. The latter could include nearly any individual working part-time in the food service sector. This bill has the serious potential to result in an insurmountable surge of unemployment benefit applications. | ||||
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HB 557 Good Policy |
Nonadjudication; authorize completion of workforce training or similar training as an option for. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill provides an additional positive means to address non-violent offenders that will result in an overall net benefit to society. This bill utilizes existing funds and existing government programs and organizations through a collaborative effort to reduce the number of incarcerated individuals and provide an alternative pathway to rehabilitation. | ||||
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HB 849 Not Rated |
State Workforce Investment Board; revise membership of. | Dead | ||
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HB 1136 Bad Policy |
Mississippi Educational Talent Recruitment Act; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill expands the scope of government beyond its proper role and increases wasteful spending of taxpayer money on private business. Specifically, this bill creates a program to subsidize private companies up to $25,000 to hire recruiting services to find potential employees who live in other states. This bill also creates an improper government program to provide a $5,000 grant for college graduates to purchase a home. In addition to several other improper uses of taxpayer money, this bill also creates a $1,200 tax deduction for an out-of-state teleworker to pay for broadband. | ||||
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HB 1301 Good Policy |
Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill returns career and technical education to our state’s public schools in a meaningful way. This bill promotes individual liberty for our public school students by giving public school students viable options to pursue instead of the one-size-fits-all approach. This bill also decreases inefficiency in education bureaucracy by creating a statutory procedure to bring individuals who are skilled in trades and experienced in various professions into our public school classroom as licensed educators. Ideally parents should be in charge of their children’s education, but one cannot deny that public schools serve an integral role in the potential prosperity of our posterity. This bill provides much needed improvements in our state’s public education system to expand our state’s skilled labor force and provide students with skills for life. **This bill also brings forward code section relating to dual enrollment, which requires greater scrutiny of this bill as it moves through the legislative process. The rating of this bill is subject to change. | ||||
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SB 2124 Not Rated |
Mississippi Department of Employment Security; revise various provisions regarding authority of. | Alive | ||
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SB 2273 Not Rated |
Department of Corrections; contract with the Multi-County Community Service Agency to provide workforce training. | Dead | ||
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SB 2296 Not Rated |
Office of Workforce Development; exempt executive director from certain salary and compensation requirements. | Dead | ||
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SB 2493 Not Rated |
'Partnerships for Growth' program grants; prescribe conditions for administration by the Mississippi Development Authority. | Dead | ||
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SB 2496 Not Rated |
Urban Renewal Law; revise definition of 'urban renewal project.' | Dead | ||
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SB 2497 Not Rated |
Inclusionary zoning plans; authorize municipalities to adopt to attract economic development. | Dead | ||
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SB 2521 Not Rated |
Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act; revise definition of 'new direct job' for incentive applicants from and after July 1, 2010. | Alive | ||
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SB 2523 Not Rated |
Federal Workforce Investment Act; Hinds County shall be a separate workforce investment area. | Dead | ||
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SB 2524 Not Rated |
Socially and economically disadvantaged small business; establish program to encourage participation in state contracts by. | Dead | ||
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SB 2822 Not Rated |
Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create. | Dead | ||
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SB 2967 Not Rated |
Taxation; amend or repeal certain tax credits, exemptions and incentives. | Dead | ||
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| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |