SB2072 - Physical therapy practice laws; revise various provisions of.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 73-23-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Circumstances And Criteria Under Which A Physical Therapist May Implement Physical Therapy Treatment Without A Referral From Another Health Care Provider; To Amend Section 73-23-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Nonsubstantive Changes To Modernize Language; To Amend Section 73-23-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Grounds For Disciplinary Action Against A Physical Therapist For Implementing Physical Therapy Treatment Without A Referral; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR1 - Adopt permanent rules of the Senate.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dean Kirby
Last updated 12 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
A Resolution Providing For The Permanent Rules Of The Senate.
STATUS
Passed
SB2732 - Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act; enact to provide six weeks of paid leave to certain employees.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act To Provide Six Weeks Of Paid Leave To Certain Employees Who Have Been Employed With The State For At Least Two Years; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SC548 - Suspend rules for introduction; revisions to PERS and public education funding.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Josh Harkins
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
A Concurrent Resolution Suspending The Deadlines And Other Provisions Imposed By Joint Rule No. 40 For The Purpose Of The Drafting, Introduction, Consideration And Passage Of A Bill Entitled "an Act To Amend Section 25-11-123, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Increase In The Employer's Contribution Rate That Is Scheduled To Take Effect On July 1, 2024, Is Rescinded And Shall Not Take Effect; To Provide For A 1/2% Increase In The Employer's Contribution Rate On July 1 Of Each Year From 2024 Through 2028; To Require That Any Recommendation By The Board Of Trustees Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Adjust Employer Contributions Be Accompanied By At Least Two Independent Actuarial Assessments; To Allow The Board To Make Recommendations Regarding Additional Funding Sources For The Retirement Plan, Including Employer Contribution Increases, Based On The Plan's Assets And Liabilities, And The Required Actuarial Assessments; To Reserve To The Legislature The Authority To Implement Such Recommendations; To Express The Intent Of The Legislature That, In The 2025 Regular Session, A Law Be Enacted To Create A New Tier For Future Members Of The System, In Furtherance Of The System's Continued Financial Stability And Sustainability; To Specify That The Section Shall Not Be Construed To Provide Authority To Reduce Or Eliminate Any Earned Benefits Provided By The State To Current Retirees Or Current Members Of The Retirement System; And For Related Purposes," And Of A Bill Entitled "an Act Relating To The Funding Of Public Education In The State Of Mississippi; To Create New Section 37-151-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms, Including 'net Enrollment,' 'total Funding Formula' And 'weight'; To Create New Section 37-151-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Effective Fiscal Year 2026 And Every Year Thereafter, The State Board Of Education Shall Provide A Proposed Base-student Cost Sufficient To Provide Certain Cost Components Of Educating Pupils In School Districts; To Provide That The Instructional Cost Shall Be Calculated By Dividing The Average Teacher Salary By The Student-to-teacher Ratio; To Provide The Formula For Administrative Cost, Ancillary Personnel And Expenses, And Operation And Maintenance Of Plant; To Create New Section 37-151-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish Various Weights To Be Applied To The Base Amount For Students Who Are Low-income Students, English Language Learners, Eligible For Special Education Services, Gifted, Enrolled In Career And Technical Education, And Residing In Sparsely Populated School Districts; To Create New Section 37-151-207, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Student Enrollment And Attendance Figures To Be Determined On The Basis Of Net Enrollment; To Create New Section 37-151-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That A School District Or Charter School Has Autonomy, Subject To Regulatory And Statutory Restrictions, In The Spending Of All Funds Allocated To That School District Or Charter School; To Create New Section 37-151-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Tax Assessors To File Certain Reports With The State Department Of Education And To Require The Department To Calculate The District's Required Minimum Millage And The Contribution To The Cost Of The Total Funding Formula Required Of Each School District And Charter School; To Create New Section 37-151-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State's Share In Support Of The Funding Formula For A School District Or Charter School For Fiscal Years 2025, 2026, And 2027 May Not Be Less Than An Amount Equal To The Sum Of All State Funds Received By That School District Or Charter School For Fiscal Year 2024; To Amend Sections 37-57-1, 37-57-104, 37-57-105 And 37-57-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To School District Taxation, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-61-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Requirement That A Portion Of Education Enhancement Funds Be Distributed To School Districts To Fund Capital Improvements Projects; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Required Deposit Of Sales Tax Revenue Into The Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund; To Amend Sections 1-3-26, 7-7-211, 19-9-157, 19-9-171, 25-4-29, 27-25-706, 27-33-3, 27-39-317, 29-3-47, 29-3-49, 29-3-113, 29-3-137, 31-7-9, 31-7-10, 37-1-3, 37-3-11, 37-3-83, 37-7-208, 37-7-301, 37-7-302, 37-7-303, 37-7-307, 37-7-319, 37-7-333, 37-7-339, 37-7-419, 37-9-17, 37-9-18, 37-9-23, 37-9-25, 37-9-33, 37-9-35, 37-9-37, 37-9-77, 37-11-11, 37-13-63, 37-13-64, 37-13-69, 37-15-38, 37-16-3, 37-19-7, 37-21-6, 37-21-7, 37-22-5, 37-23-1, 37-23-15, 37-23-69, 37-23-109, 37-23-179, 37-27-55, 37-27-57, 37-28-5, 37-28-53, 37-28-55, 37-29-1, 37-29-272, 37-29-303, 37-31-13, 37-31-75, 37-35-3, 37-37-3, 37-41-7, 37-45-49, 37-47-9, 37-47-24, 37-47-25, 37-47-33, 37-61-3, 37-61-5, 37-61-7, 37-61-19, 37-61-29, 37-61-35, 37-61-37, 37-68-7, 37-131-7, 37-131-9, 37-131-11, 37-151-9, 37-151-81, 37-151-85, 37-151-87, 37-151-89, 37-151-91, 37-151-93, 37-151-95, 37-151-97, 37-151-99, 37-151-101, 37-151-103, 37-151-105, 37-151-107, 37-173-9, 37-173-13, 37-175-13, 37-179-3, 37-181-7, 41-79-5, 43-17-5, 65-26-9, And 27-104-351, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By Senate Bill No. 2689, 2024 Regular Session, And House Bill No. 1696, 2024 Regular Session, To Conform And To Revise Certain Provisions Related To The State's Permanent Performance-based Accreditation Systems; To Provide The Procedure By Which The State Board Of Education May Place A Failing School Or School District Into A District Of Transformation; To Establish Relevant Criteria For Schools Or School Districts To Be Placed Into Such Districts; To Delete Certain Provisions Related To Mississippi Recovery School Districts, School Boards Of Failing Schools And Elections Of Members Of Failing School Boards; To Provide That Districts That Are Placed Into District Transformation Shall Be Eligible To Return To Local Control When The District Has Attained A "c" Rating Or Higher For Three Consecutive Years; To Repeal Sections 37-13-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Required State Funding For Home Economics Teachers To Be Included As A Line Item In The Education Appropriations Bills For Certain Prior Fiscal Years; To Repeal Sections 37-151-1, 37-151-5, 37-151-6, 37-151-7, 37-151-7.1, 37-151-8, 37-151-10, 37-151-77, 37-151-79 And 37-151-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Define Certain Terms And Prescribe The Formula And Certain Requirements Under The Mississippi Adequate Education Program (maep); To Repeal Section 37-152-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Commission On Restructuring The Mississippi Adequate Education Program (maep); To Repeal Sections 27-65-75(5), 37-47-7 And 37-47-24, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide For The Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund And Its Funding Mechanism; To Repeal Sections 37-109-1, 37-109-3, 37-109-5, 37-109-7, 37-109-9 And 37-109-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Constitute The Mississippi Dual Enrollment/dual Credit Scholarship Program Act Of 2023; And For Related Purposes."
STATUS
Passed
SB3003 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDE for the Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Grant Program.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Willie Simmons, Sarita M. Simmons, Jeremy England
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Defraying The Costs Of The Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Grant Program For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB2687 - School boards; delete staggered terms of members, require four-year terms, require election to be held during statewide election.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dennis L. DeBar
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Provide That At The Election In 2027, And Every Four Years Thereafter, There Shall Be Elected The Members Of Any School Board Established In Title 37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, That Elects Its Members As Of July 1, 2024; To Require Such Elections Be Held At The Same Time And In The Same Manner As General Elections Are Held; To Provide That Such Members Shall Serve A Term Of Four Years; To Establish That The Act Shall Apply To Any School Board That Previously Was Established With Members Who Served Staggered Terms; To Amend Sections 23-15-193, 37-5-7, 37-5-18, 37-7-204, 37-7-207, 37-7-209, 37-7-215, 37-7-221, 37-7-223, 37-7-707 And 37-7-713, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB3180 - General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Pat Harrison Waterway District for Archusa Creek Lake Dam.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jeff Tate
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Pat Harrison Waterway District For The Purpose Of Defraying Costs Associated With Repairing The Archusa Creek Lake Dam For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB2046 - Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 10 months ago19 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Medicaid Eligibility To Include Those Individuals Who Are Entitled To Benefits Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (aca), As Amended; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Essential Health Benefits For Individuals Eligible For Medicaid Under The Federal Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Of 2010 (aca), As Amended; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2054 - Criminal enhancement; provide where law enforcement officer abuses power under guise of state authority.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Juan Barnett
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Provide An Enhanced Criminal Penalty Where A Law Enforcement Officer Commits An Abuse Of Power Under The Guise Of State Authority; To Provide A Procedure For The Enhancement Of A Criminal Penalty; To Provide That Where A Law Enforcement Officer Commits An Abuse Of Power Under The Guise Of State Authority, The Penalty For The Offense May Be Enhanced By Punishment For A Term Of Imprisonment Of Up To Twice That Authorized By Law For The Offense Committed, A Fine Of Up To Twice That Authorized By Law For The Offense Committed, Or Both; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2089 - Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act; enact.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angela Turner-Ford
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act; To Provide Certain Applicable Definitions; To Enable The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Administer And Implement This Act; To Entitle Covered Individuals The Right To Paid Leave; To Determine The Amount Of Family And Medical Leave Insurance Benefits For Covered Individuals; To Create The Family And Medical Leave Insurance Fund In The State Treasury; To Stipulate For The Determination Of Insurance Premiums By The State Treasurer; To Protect The Employment Of Covered Individuals While They Are On Leave; To Prohibit Employers From Violating Rights Protected In This Act; To Allow The Director Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Administer This Act And Hold Violating Employers Liable; To Provide That This Act Is To Be Construed Alongside Similar Provisions In The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act; To Require That Claims Be Made In Accordance With Regulations Prescribed By The Director Of The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; To Disqualify Covered Individuals From Coverage Upon Fraud, Misrepresentation, Or Erroneous Payment; To Allow Covered Individuals To Elect For Initial Coverage Or Subsequent Coverage; To Require That The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security Establish And Administer A Family And Medical Leave Insurance Program; To Outline Certain Requirements For The Formation And Administration Of A Family And Medical Leave Insurance Program; To Stipulate For Certain Actions By The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security If The Insurance Benefits In This Act Are Subject To Federal Income Tax; To Allow Intermittent Or Reduced Leave; To Require That The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security Make An Annual Report To The Legislature; To Require That The Department Of Employment Security Conduct A Public Education Campaign; To Encourage The Department To Collect Data For The Purpose Of Limiting The Cost Of The Program; To Require That An Employer Provide Written Notice Of The Program To Employees Upon Hiring And Annually Thereafter; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2795 - Designate the Kemp's Ridley as the "Official State Sea Turtle of the State of Mississippi."
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Thompson
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Designate The Kemp's Ridley, The Most Endangered Sea Turtle In The World, As The "official State Sea Turtle Of The State Of Mississippi"; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2001 - Economic development; provide incentives for certain economic development projects.
Mississippi - 2024 Second Extraordinary SessionIntroduced by
Josh Harkins, Joseph C. Thomas, John Horhn
Last updated 11 months ago24 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 57-75-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "project" Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act To Include Certain Data Processing Facilities; To Revise The Definition Of The Terms "project Area" And "affiliate" Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; To Amend Section 57-75-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Contracts By The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Or A Public Agency For Certain Contracts Related To The Projects Included In This Act Shall Be Exempt From All Or A Portion Of The Provisions Of Section 31-7-13 And That Such Contracts May Be Awarded On The Basis Of Negotiation Under Certain Circumstances And To Authorize The Use Of Additional Methods Of Contracting; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Provide Project-related Jobs Data To The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 57-75-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Certain Additional Powers And Duties With Regard To The Projects Included In This Act; To Amend Section 57-75-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds For The Projects Included In This Act And To Specify The Purposes For Which The Proceeds Of Such Bonds May Be Utilized; To Amend Section 57-75-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Protection For Certain Data Center Projects, From Surface Or Subsurface Mineral Exploration Activities; To Amend Section 57-75-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Supervisors Of A County And The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality May Enter Into An Agreement With One Or More Enterprises Owning And/or Operating Certain Data Center Facilities, And/or One Or More Affiliates Thereof, Providing That The County And Municipality Will Not Levy Any Taxes, Fees Or Assessments Upon The Enterprise Other Than Taxes, Fees Or Assessments That Are Generally Levied Upon All Taxpayers And To Authorize The Board Of Supervisors Of A County And The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality To Enter Into One Or More Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes Agreement With The Enterprises Owning And/or Operating Such Projects; To Amend Section 57-75-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A County In Which Certain Data Center Projects Are Located To Assist The Enterprises Establishing The Projects, And Their Affiliates, Together With Certain Public Agencies, In Defraying Certain Costs; To Authorize Such A County To Provide Funds For Such Purposes By Appropriating Money From Its General Fund Or From The Proceeds Of General Obligation Bonds Issued By The County And/or Loans, Grants And Other Funds From The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Or Mississippi Development Authority; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Provide Funds For Such Purposes By Appropriating Money From Certain Sources, Including From The Proceeds Of Loans, Grants And Other Funds From The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority; To Authorize Certain Transfers And Conveyances Of Real Or Personal Property With Or Without Consideration; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Make Grants To Each Other In Connection With Such A Project; To Exempt The Acquisition Of Certain Real Property And/or Options To Purchase Such Real Property For Such Projects From Certain Requirements; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Provide Periodic Grants And Other Such Contributions Of Funds To Assist The Enterprises Establishing The Projects Included In This Act And To Enter Into Certain Agreements In Connection Therewith; To Specify The Limit Of The Terms Of Agreements Binding On Future Governing Authorities With Enterprises To Provide Firefighting, Hazardous Materials Emergency Response, Technical Rescue And Medical Response Assistance For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 27-65-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Certain Sales Or Leases To Enterprises Operating The Projects Included In This Act And Certain Affiliates Thereof; To Amend Section 27-65-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Certain Sales Of Electricity, Current, Power, Steam, Coal, Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Or Other Fuel To Enterprises Operating The Projects Included In This Act And Certain Affiliates Thereof; To Amend Section 27-7-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Income Tax Exemption For Income Arising From Certain Data Center Projects; To Amend Section 31-19-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Provisions Regarding The Issuance Of Bonds Or Incurrence Of Other Indebtedness Shall Not Apply To The Sale Of Bonds Or Incurrence Of Indebtedness By A County In Connection With Certain Data Center Projects; To Amend Section 43-37-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Sections 27-13-5 And 27-13-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Regard To Certain Data Center Projects, The Duration Of Any Fee-in-lieu Of Franchise Tax Agreement Shall Not Extend Beyond The Date The Mississippi Franchise Tax Is Repealed And Such Agreement Shall Apply Only To New Franchise Tax Liability Connected With The Projects Included In This Act; To Provide That In The Event That The Annual Number Of Full-time Jobs Maintained Connected With Any Such Project Falls Below The Agreed Upon Amount For A Prescribed Period, The Franchise Tax Fee-in-lieu For The Project Shall Be Reduced Or Suspended Until The First Tax Year During Which The Annual Number Of Full-time Jobs Maintained Reaches The Agreed Upon Amount; To Amend Section 19-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 27-31-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Alternative Allocation Of A Portion Of Any Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes For Certain Data Projects To The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority And/or Mississippi Development Authority To Repay Amounts Provided Thereby To Any County, Municipality And/or Public Agency To Fund Public Improvements And Related Costs In Connection With Such Project; To Provide For Incentive Payments To Entities That Incur Certain Costs For The Purpose Of Locating Certain Projects Developed Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act In This State; To Provide For The Amount Of The Incentive Payments; To Provide That The Payments Shall Be Based On Certain Costs Incurred; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury Into Which Shall Be Deposited A Portion Of The State Sales Tax Revenue; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund Shall Be Used To Make The Required Incentive Payments; To Provide That Claims For Incentive Payments Shall Be Filed With The Mississippi Development Authority; To Authorize The Mississippi Development Authority To Develop And Administer Such Incentive Program; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 57-1-64.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To A Change In Subsection Designation; To Provide For The Acceleration Of Certain Public Utility Approval Requirements As Required In Section 77-3-1 Et Seq.; To Amend Sections 77-3-10, 77-3-11, 77-3-13, 77-3-14, 77-3-16, 77-3-35, 77-3-37, 77-3-39, 77-3-41, 77-3-93 And 77-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SR85 - Mourn the passing and commend public service of former Mound Bayou Mayor Earl S. Lucas.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Willie Simmons, Sarita M. Simmons, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 9 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Mourning The Passing And Commending The Effective Public Service Of Former Mound Bayou Mayor Earl S. Lucas And Extending Condolences To His Surviving Family.
STATUS
Passed
SR65 - Recognize contributions of Rocky Vaughan of Ackerman, Mississippi, in designing the new Mississippi State Flag.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bart Williams, Nicole Akins Boyd, Jeremy England
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing The Contributions Of Rockford (rocky) Vaughan Of Ackerman, Mississippi, In Designing The New Mississippi State Flag.
STATUS
Passed
SB2446 - Revocation of probation; add additional grounds for.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Philman A. Ladner
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 47-7-37.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Certain Grounds For The Court To Revoke Probation Or Post-release Supervision; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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