SB3043 - Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Bart Williams
Last updated 5 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To Defray The Expenses Of The State Personnel Board For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB2980 - Appropriation; IHL for growth of new regional health care and medical sciences facilities of Alcorn State.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Albert Butler, Willie Simmons, Joseph C. Thomas
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning For The Purpose Of Providing Funding For Strengthening And Enhancing The Growth Of New Regional Health Care And Medical Sciences Facilities Of Alcorn State University In The Southwest Mississippi River Region For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
SB2679 - MHSAA; prohibit from requiring member school from charging more than $2.00 for admission into athletic events.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Neil S. Whaley
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Prohibit The Not-for-profit Association, Corporation Or Other Organization Established And Operated For The Purpose Of Regulating Public High School Athletics And Extracurricular Activities, Formally Known As The Mississippi High School Activities Association (mhsaa), From Requiring Member Schools To Charge Students Attending Such Activities More Than $2.00 For Admission Into The Regulated Events; To Provide That Students Must Present His Or Her Student Identification Card At The Admissions Gate To Receive The Discounted Pricing; To Provide That Students Age Five Years And Younger Shall Be Granted Free Admission; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2719 - Workforce enhancement training fund; authorize use for workforce-related postsecondary education programs.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
John A. Polk
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund Treasury Account, As Directed By The Mississippi Office Of Workforce Development, In Collaboration With The Mississippi Community College Board, May Be Used To Provide Training And Other Workforce Related Postsecondary Education Programs As Approved By Both The Office Of Workforce Development And The Institutions Of Higher Learning; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2718 - ARPA; allow funds deobligated from existing ARPA grants to be reallocated to existing subgrantees.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David Parker
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-153-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Mississippi Allied Health College And Career Navigator Grant Program; To Amend Section 37-153-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Note Major Workforce Shortages Which Impact The Quality Of Patient Care And Availability Of Health Care, To Note The Availability Of Federal Funds To Maximize The Use Of Technology To Improve Patient Care And Address Workforce Shortages, And To Note That The Legislature Intends To Provide Funding For Equipment And Training Necessary To Implement Virtual Nursing And Other Programs Necessary To Improving Patient Care And Addressing Workforce Shortages; To Amend Section 37-153-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow The Accelerate Mississippi Nursing/allied Health Grant Program To Provide Grants To Hospitals For Equipment And Training Necessary To Implement Virtual Nursing And Other Programs, To Define Terms, To Remove Certain Definitions, To Designate Scholarships For Tuition An Eligible Expense, To Clarify What Information Should Be Included On An Application For Funds, And To Remove The Stipulation That 75% Of The Funds Provided Shall Be Reserved For Community And Junior Colleges; To Amend Section 37-153-207, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Redefine The Accelerate Mississippi Physician Residency And Fellowship Start-up Grant Program And Its Responsibilities And To Stipulate That Applicants Agreeing To Commit A Portion Of Any Funds As Supplemental Matching Funds To Offset The Total Cost Of The Approved Program Will Be Prioritized For Approval; To Repeal Section 37-153-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The Mississippi Allied Health College And Career Navigator Grant Program; To Amend Section 37-153-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Office Minimize Any Expense Of Administrative Funds By Establishing Policies And Procedures Mirroring Past Programs Utilizing Other Federal And State Funds; To Amend Section 37-153-217, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Note That Federal Grant Funds Through The American Rescue Plan Act Shall Be Available Through December 31, 2026, Or On The Date Of The Fund Expenditure Deadline Provided By The Federal Government; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-215, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2671 - School employee salary supplement; provide for occupational therapists, behavior analysts and school psychologists.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael W. McLendon
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Payment Of An Annual Salary Supplement To Licensed Occupational Therapists, Behavior Analysts And Certified School Psychologists As Part Of Their Compensation As School Employees; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2632 - Radar; authorize limited use of by sheriffs until a specified date.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael W. McLendon
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sheriff And His Deputies In Any County To Use Radar Speed Detection Equipment Upon The Public Streets, Roads And Highways Within The County, Lying Outside The Limits Of Any Incorporated Municipality Until A Certain Date; To Provide For The Number Of Radar Guns Eligible For Purchase By A County Based On The Number Of Full-time Deputies In The County; To Prohibit The Use Of Radar Within 500 Yards Of The Boundary Line Of A Municipality, The Boundary Line Of The County And A Speed Limit Change; To Prohibit Sheriffs From Using Radar Speed Detection Equipment On Any Interstate Highways Or Four-lane State Highways; To Provide That Certain Funds Shall Be Directed To The School District Where The Citation Was Issued To Be Used For School Safety Purposes And Driver's Education Programs; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2531 - Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act; enact.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Bart Williams, Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Enact The Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act; To Define Terms; To Specify The Types Of Digital Service Providers To Be Affected By This Act; To Prohibit Digital Service Providers From Entering Agreements To Create Accounts With Individuals Who Have Not Registered Their Age With The Provider; To Require The Digital Service Providers To Limit Collection And Use Of Personal Identifying Information When Entering Into An Agreement With A Known Minor; To Prohibit A Digital Service Provider From Collecting A Minor's Precise Geolocation Data, Displaying Targeted Advertisements Involving Harmful Material To A Known Minor, Or Sharing, Disclosing Or Selling A Known Minor's Personal Identifying Information Unless Required By Certain Circumstances; To Require A Digital Service Provider To Develop And Implement A Strategy To Prevent A Known Minor's Exposure To Harmful Material; To Note That This Act Does Not Create A Private Right Of Action For A Violation Except For Certain Purposes; To Amend Section 75-24-5 To Include Sections 1 Through 8 Of This Act In A List Of Prohibited Unfair Or Deceptive Trade Practices Or Acts; 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 8 months ago23 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
SB2678 - Department of Archives and History; authorize schools to receive waiver of certain preservation requirements.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Willie Simmons, Bart Williams
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 39-5-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Trustees Of The Department Of Archives And History May Grant A Waiver Of Any Requirements That The Board Has Adopted Regarding The Preservation Of Historic School Buildings Upon Official Request By A School District; To Provide That A School District May File A Waiver Request Of Any Such Regulation If A Waiver Is Needed To Make Essential Upgrades At The School; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2598 - "Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act"; extend repealer and authorize parole for certain juvenile homicide offenders.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Daniel H. Sparks
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Extend The Automatic Repealer On The Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act Of 2021; To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Parole Eligibility For Certain Juvenile Homicide Offenders In Compliance With The United States Supreme Court Holding In The Case Of Miller V. Alabama To Bring Forward Section 1 Of Chapter 479, Laws Of 2021, To Amend Section 47-7-5 And Bring Forward Sections 47-7-3.1, 47-7-3.2, 47-7-15, 47-7-17 And 47-7-18, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2137 - Background checks for statewide and local candidates; increase qualifying fees to cover.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Angela Burks Hill
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Qualifying Fees For Statewide And Local Candidates To Cover The Costs Associated With Performing Background Checks; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2326 - Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Sollie B. Norwood, Gary Brumfield, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Sections 37-13-91 And 37-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Provisions Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law Are Fully Applicable To Kindergarten-age Children; To Require Such Kindergarten-age Children To Attend Licensed Public, Parochial, Nonpublic Or Homeschool Kindergarten Programs; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2331 - School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Dennis L. DeBar
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-81, 37-13-83, 37-13-85, 37-13-87 And 37-13-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Name Of The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement And Dropout Prevention Within The State Department Of Education; To Provide For The Appointment Of An Executive Director Of The Office By The State Superintendent Of Public Education; To Transfer The Responsibility For Employing And Establishing The Duties Of School Attendance Officers From The State Department Of Education To Local School Districts; To Abolish The Three Regional School Attendance Officer Positions And Replace Those Positions With Regional Coordinators Who Shall Be Responsible For Enforcement Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law Within Their Region; To Provide That The State Superintendent Of Public Education Shall Set The Salary Of Regional Coordinators; To Clarify The Minimum Qualifications Necessary For School Attendance Officers And Remove The Requirement Of The State Personnel Board To Establish Additional Qualifications For School Attendance Officers; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Employed By The State Department Of Education On July 1, 2024, Shall Be Transferred To Employment Status As Employees Of Their Respective School Districts With Work Locations Therein And Shall Enforce Attendance At Charter Schools Located Within The School District; To Provide For The Sharing Of Administrative And Costs-sharing Responsibilities Of Two Or More School Districts Which Were Simultaneously Served By The Same School Attendance Officer; To Provide For The Transfer Of Any Unused Accumulated Leave; To Require The State To Provide Funding For One School Attendance Officer For Every 3,000 Compulsory-school-age Children In Enrollment In The Public Schools Of A County; To Establish The Minimum Salary Of Newly Hired School Attendance Officers Beginning July 1, 2024, And Authorize Local School Boards To Pay Additional Compensation Above The Minimum Salary On A Scale Established By The Local School Board; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Transferred To The Local School District From The State Department Of Education Shall Be Compensated At The Same Salary Received For Fiscal Year 2024 Rate Plus An Additional 25%; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Shall Not Experience Any Interruption Of Service With The Public Employees' Retirement System And The School Employees' Health Insurance Plan As A Result Of The Transfer Of Employment Responsibility; To Amend Sections 37-13-91 And 37-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2346 - State Board of Cosmetology; revise membership and make technical changes to board and licensee requirements.
Mississippi - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Scott DeLano
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Reenact Sections 73-7-1 Through 73-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The State Board Of Cosmetology And Prescribe Its Powers And Duties; To Amend Reenacted Sections 73-7-1, 73-7-2, 73-7-3, 73-7-7, 73-7-9, 73-7-11, 73-7-12, 73-7-13, 73-7-14, 73-7-15, 73-7-16, 73-7-17, 73-7-18, 73-7-19, 73-7-21, 73-7-23, 73-7-25, 73-7-27, 73-7-29, 73-7-31, 73-7-33, 73-7-35, And 73-7-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Make Certain Technical Changes To The State Board Of Cosmetology; To Revise Membership Terms And Appointment Criteria; To Establish Additional Board Responsibilities; To Revise The Licensure Frameworks For The Professions Regulated By The Board; To Provide For Certain Application Fees; To Set The Application Process For Cosmetology Schools; To Provide For Temporary Licenses And Apprenticeship Programs; To Establish Certain Penalties, Fines And Appeals For Violations Of The Act; To Amend Section 73-7-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On The State Board Of Cosmetology; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed