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SB2247 - Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (NHRP); direct Mississippi Home Corporation to establish using federal funds.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Home Corporation To Establish A Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (nhrp) In Municipalities To Preserve And Improve Owner-occupied Properties And Bring Properties Up To Applicable Building Codes And Standards; To Direct The Mississippi Home Corporation To Establish This Program In Cooperation With Federal Agency Programs With Available Funds; To Create The Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (nhrp) Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Require A Report To The Legislature; To Amend Section 43-33-717, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2242 - Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program In The Department Of Finance And Administration To Provide Grants To Public Hospitals At High Financial Risk To Help Those Hospitals Be More Financially Viable So That They Can Continue To Operate And Be Available To Provide Health Care Services To The Communities In Which They Are Located; To Create A Special Fund To Be Known As The Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Fund, Which Shall Be Administered By The Department And Expended For The Sole Purpose Of Providing Grants To Public Hospitals Under The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That To Be Eligible For A Grant, A Public Hospital Must Apply For The Grant And Include Such Documentation As Specified By The Department Showing That The Hospital Is At High Financial Risk; To Provide That The Amount Of Each Grant Shall Be Determined By The Department, With Priority For Larger Grants Being Given To Public Hospitals That Are At Immediate Risk Of Closing And Whose Survival Is Critically Essential To The Community In Which It Is Located; To Provide That Within Five Business Days After Receipt Of An Application With The Required Documentation Showing That The Public Hospital Is At High Financial Risk, The Department Shall Approve The Application And Distribute The Grant To The Hospital; To Require The Department To Make Annual Reports To The Joint Legislative Budget Committee About Each Grant Made Under This Act; To Require The Department Of Finance And Administration To Allocate One Hundred And Fifty Million Dollars For The Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Fund; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2244 - Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.
Rod Hickman, Nicole Akins Boyd, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 37-99-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning And The Boards Of Trustees Of The Community And Junior Colleges To Adopt Policies Requiring Each Public Institution Of Higher Learning, Community Or Junior College To Provide Free Transcripts To Foster Care Children And Children Placed In The Legal Custody Of The Mississippi Department Of Child Protection Services; To Create New Section 55-3-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Foster Care Children And Children Who Were Previously Placed In The Legal Custody Of The Mississippi Department Of Child Protection Services And Their Family, Including Their Biological Parents And Siblings, Their Foster Parents And Siblings, Their Adopted Parents And Siblings, Their Guardians Or Any Other Member Of Their Direct Household, As Applicable, Shall Be Allowed Free Admission To Any State Park In This State; To Provide That Foster Care Children And Children Who Were Previously Placed In The Legal Custody Of The Mississippi Department Of Child Protection Services And Their Family, Including Their Biological Parents And Siblings, Their Foster Parents And Siblings, Their Adopted Parents And Siblings, Their Guardians Or Any Other Member Of Their Direct Household, As Applicable, Shall Be Allowed Free Admission To Any Publicly Funded Museum In This State; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2252 - Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Civil Rights Act; To Provide That The Right Of A Person To Be Free From Discrimination Because Of Race, Color, Religion, National Origin, Immigrant Status, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Disability Or Familial Status Is A Civil Right; To Provide Remedies For Violations; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2251 - Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 71-3-13, 71-3-17, 71-3-21 And 71-3-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Total Compensation That An Employee May Recover Under The Workers' Compensation Law; To Provide That Compensation For Permanent Total Disability Shall Be Paid To The Employee Until His Death; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2254 - Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 13-5-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Definition Of A Juror To Those Citizens Who Have A Current And Valid Mississippi Driver's License And Who Have Filed State Income Taxes; To Amend Section 13-5-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2253 - DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 63-11-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Permit The Nonadjudication Of A First Offense Of Driving Under The Influence By A Commercial Driver's License Holder Who Was Not Operating A Commercial Vehicle At The Time Of The Offense; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2282 - Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 99-19-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Sentencing Of An Offender As An Habitual Offender; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB3165 - Appropriation; additional to MDOT-Surface Transportation Projects, ARPA funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund To The Mississippi Department Of Transportation For The Purpose Of Providing Funding For Allowable Surface Transportation Projects Included In The Maintenance Program Of The Mdot Three-year Plan, For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SR43 - Commend and honor "Mississippi Links Day at the Capitol 2024" for their outstanding service.
John Horhn, David Blount, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Commending The Links, Incorporated, On The Occasion Of Its "mississippi Links Day At The Capitol 2024", And Honoring The Organization's Outstanding Service To The Community, This State And The Nation.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Mississippi district SD-012
COMMITTEES
Mississippi Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Derrick T. Simmons is from Greenville, Mississippi. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Jackson State University in 1995, and his law degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 1999. Simmons served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016 where he focused on education, healthcare and economic development. He was elected to the Mississippi State Senate in 2016 where he currently serves on several committees including Appropriations, Education, Judiciary Division A, Public Health and Welfare, and Universities and Colleges.read less
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Mississippi Senate from Mississippi
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