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SB2519 - Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create.
Tyler McCaughn, Charles A. Younger, Andy Berry
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act To Limit The Ability Of Nonresident Aliens To Maintain Ownership Of Mississippi Agricultural And Forestry Land If They Are From A Country That Is Considered A Foreign Adversary By The United States Secretary Of Commerce; To Define Terms; To Limit Nonresident Aliens From Countries That Are Labeled Adverse To The United States From Exercising Ownership Of Mississippi Lands Past A Prescribed Amount Of Time; To Outline Situations For Which This Act Shall Not Apply; To Create Procedures For The Attorney General And Mississippi Secretary Of State To Follow To Penalize Violations Of This Act; To Amend Sections 89-1-23 And 29-1-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2263 - Health insurance; prohibit cost-sharing requirements for certain breast cancer screenings or examinations.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 83-9-108, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Group Health Plan Or Health Insurance Issuer That Offers Group Or Individual Health Insurance Coverage Shall Not Impose Any Cost-sharing Requirements For Breast Cancer Screenings, Diagnostic Breast Examinations Or Supplemental Breast Examinations; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2259 - Child-support award guidelines; revise.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-19-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Percentage Amount For The Child-support Award Guidelines Where The Obligor's Monthly Income Is $1,500.00 Or Above; To Provide Child-support Award Guidelines Where The Obligor's Monthly Income Is Less Than $1,500.00; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2262 - Child support; revise provision related to in order to mirror current DHS practice and federal requirements.
Brice Wiggins, Mike Thompson
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-19-34, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Modification To An Order Of Support For Minor Children Shall Not Be Retroactive Except From The Date That Notice Of Such Petition To Modify Has Been Given, Either Directly Or Through The Appropriate Agent, To The Obligee Or To The Obligor Where The Obligee Is The Petitioner To Mirror Current Agency Policy And Federal Law; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2260 - Right to counsel; authorize State Defender to provide where there is a constitutional right.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 99-18-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Defender To Provide Legal Representation To Certain Persons Where A Constitutional Right To Counsel Exists; To Direct The State Defender To Promulgate, Implement And Enforce Standards For Such Counsel; To Provide That Such Standards Shall Be Subject To The Approval Of The Supreme Court; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2268 - Missing or unidentified persons; provide procedures regarding investigation of.
Brice Wiggins, Dennis L. DeBar, Jeremy England
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide Certain Procedures For Law Enforcement Agencies Concerning The Investigation Into A Missing Or Unidentified Person; To Require A Law Enforcement Agency To Initiate Certain Procedures Upon The Receipt Of A Credible Report Of A Missing Or Unidentified Person; To Require Certain Information About The Missing Or Unidentified Person To Be Entered Into The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System; To Prohibit A Law Enforcement Agency From Requiring A Delay Before Accepting A Report Or Requiring The Appearance Of A Next Of Kin Before Initiating A Missing Persons Investigation; To Require A Law Enforcement Agency Or The State Medical Examiner To Enter A Report Of A Missing Child Into The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System Without Delay; To Require The State Medical Examiner Test The Dna Of Unidentified Human Remains Using Forensic Genetic Genealogy Testing; To Amend Section 41-61-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "unclaimed Human Remains" And "unidentified Human Remains"; To Amend Section 41-61-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That When A Body Is Unidentified Human Remains, The Body Shall Be Submitted To The State Medical Examiner; To Amend Section 41-61-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Upon Discovery Unidentified Human Remains Or Anatomical Material Suspected Of Being Part Of The Human Body Shall Be Submitted To The State Medical Examiner; To Provide That The Willful Destruction Of A Body, Body Part Or Unidentified Human Remains Shall Be A Felony; To Require The County Medical Examiner Investigator To Enter Into The National Missing And Unidentified Persons System All Unclaimed Human Remains Cases Within A Certain Amount Of Days; To Amend Section 41-39-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Any Physician, Hospital, Funeral Director, Embalmer, County Medical Examiner Or Other Person Acquiring Possession Of Unidentified Human Remains To Submit The Remains To The State Medical Examiner And Not Subject The Remains To Cremation, Embalming Or Other Destructive Treatment; To Amend Section 45-6-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Certain Amount Of Training Related To The Investigation Of Unidentified And Missing Persons For Law Enforcement Officers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2264 - Health insurance policies; prohibit step therapy requirements for certain prescription drugs to treat advanced cancer.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Prohibit Health Insurance Plans Or Policies From Requiring The Enrollee To Undergo Step Therapy Before Receiving Certain Prescription Drugs To Treat Advanced, Metastatic Cancer; To Amend Section 83-9-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2261 - Child support; make certain amendments to provision concerning recovery from delinquent noncustodial parents.
Brice Wiggins, Mike Thompson
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-19-48, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Department Of Human Services To Send Notice In Other Approved Types Of Communication As Allowed By The Financial Institution Rather Than Notice Required By Certified Mail; To Revise The Definition Of The Term "account" To Conform To The Definition In Section 85-13-1(f); And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2271 - Right to counsel; provide for in certain Youth Court proceedings.
Brice Wiggins
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-21-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Youth Court Judge To Appoint Counsel For An Indigent Custodial Parent Or Guardian Who Is A Party In An Abuse, Neglect Or Termination Of Parental Rights Proceeding; To Authorize A Youth Court Judge To Appoint Counsel For An Indigent Noncustodial Parent If The Youth Court Judge Determines That The Parent Has Demonstrated A Significant Custodial Relationship With The Child; To Require An Attorney Appointed To Represent A Child Who Is Alleged To Have Been Abused Or Neglected To Complete Annual Juvenile Justice Training That Is Approved By The Mississippi Judicial College And The Mississippi Commission On Continuing Legal Education; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2285 - Department of Public Safety; revise salary scale.
Brice Wiggins, Jason Barrett
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Salary Schedule Of Officers Of The Mississippi Highway Patrol And The Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics; To Repeal Section 45-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision Of Law That Establishes The "david R. Huggins Act"; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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