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SB3165 - Appropriation; additional to MDOT-Surface Transportation Projects, ARPA funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 6 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
SB3162 - Appropriation; additional to DMH-Children & Youth PRTF, ARPA funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Jennifer B. Branning
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation From The Capital Expense Fund To The Department Of Mental Health For The Purpose Of Entering Into A Subgrant With Canopy Children's Solutions For The Construction And Renovation Of The Cares Center, Including The Children And Youth Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility For Trauma Recovery, For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3164 - Appropriation; additional to DFA-Bureau of Buildings, ARPA funds.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Department Of Finance And Administration Bureau Of Building, Grounds, And Real Property Management For Allowable Capital Projects Under The American Rescue Plan Act For The Period Beginning On Passage And Ending On June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB2612 - Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; enact.
Angela Burks Hill, Jeff Tate, Joey Fillingane
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Enact The Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; To Define Terms; To Create The Crime Of Organized Retail Theft; To Provide Penalties For The Crime Of Organized Retail Theft Based On The Retail Value Of The Merchandise Stolen; To Provide That Any Proceeds, Property Obtained By Proceeds, Or Instruments Of The Crimes Of Organized Retail Theft May Be Subject To Forfeiture; To Require The Court To Order Restitution And Payment Of Investigative Costs; To Set Forth The Venue For The Criminal Proceeding; To State Certain Evidence That Shall Be Prima Facie Evidence Of Certain Elements Of The Crime; To Direct The Attorney General, The Department Of Public Safety And The Mississippi Judicial College To Coordinate Efforts To Train Prosecutors And Law Enforcement Agencies Throughout The State To Combat Organized Retail Crime; To Amend Section 41-29-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2719 - Workforce enhancement training fund; authorize use for workforce-related postsecondary education programs.
John A. Polk
Last updated 9 months ago
1 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
SB2726 - State institutions of higher learning; require board of trustees to close three institutions by 2028.
John A. Polk
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create New Section 37-101-450, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Shall Choose Three Of The State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Close By June 30, 2028; To Require The Board To Announce Its Decision By June 30, 2025; To Require The Board To Promulgate Factors To Be Considered In Its Decision, Including Enrollment Data, Degrees Offered, Economic Impact, And Any Additional Purposes That The Institution Currently Serves To The State And Its Citizens, Including Providing Medical Services, Agriculture Research Or Engineering Research Or Services; To Require The Board To Host One Listening Session At The Campus Of Each Institution Before Announcing Its Decision; To Provide That For Each State Institution That The Board Closes, Such Institution's Real Property, Together With The Buildings And Other Improvements Erected Thereon, Along With Its Assets And Funds May Be Transferred Or Conveyed To Another State Agency Or Political Subdivision Or Sold To A Nonprofit Entity; To Provide That Any University Research Institute Or Laboratory Established Within Titles 37, 49 Or 57 That Is Located At An Institution That Is Closed In Accordance With This Act May Be Reestablished Within Another Institution Of Higher Learning As Decided By The Board Of Trustees Of The Institution Of Higher Learning; To Provide The Applicable Code Sections That Will Be Repealed For Each Institution If The Institution Is Chosen By The Board To Be Closed; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2841 - State Treasury Efficiency Act; enact.
John A. Polk
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Enact The State Treasury Efficiency And Transparency Act; To Define Terms; To Require All Funds Held By State Agencies Within The State Treasury Or Outside The State Treasury To Be Held In Interest-bearing Accounts; To Require, When It Is Reasonably Feasible To Do So, That All Funds Held By State Agencies Within The State Treasury Shall Be Included In Pooled Interest-bearing Accounts To Be Invested By The Treasurer; To Require All State Agencies To Provide Certain Information Concerning The Agency's Funds To The State Treasurer; To Require The Treasurer To Report The Compiled Fund Information To The Legislative Budget Office; To Require The State Fiscal Officer To Assist The Treasurer In Making Certain Determinations Under The Act; To Authorize The State Fiscal Officer To Disapprove Of Payments From The State Treasury If A State Agency Does Not Timely Provide The Information Required By This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2851 - Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Walter Michel, Derrick T. Simmons, Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 7 months ago
40 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 83-1-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations From Insurance Regulation; To Provide That A Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organization May Provide Coverage For Healthcare Benefits Or Services For Its Members And Their Families Pursuant To Contracts Between Members And The Organization Or Its Affiliates; To Provide That A Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organization Or Its Affiliate Shall Have A Designated Individual Who, In Consultation With The State Insurance Department, Operates As An Ombudsman To Address Concerns From Insured Members Regarding The Namo Plan; To Provide That The State Insurance Department Shall Have The Authority To Review And Comment On The Complaint, Provided That All Complaints Shall Be Investigated And Resolved Solely By The Ombudsman And Namo Or Its Designee; To Provide Certain Requirements For Namo Plans; To Provide That Healthcare Benefits Or Services May Be Sold Or Solicited Only By An Insurance Producer Who Is Both Appointed By An Organization Meeting The Requirements Of This Act And Licensed As An Insurance Producer To Sell Or Solicit Accident And Health Insurance In This State; To Amend Section 83-1-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2876 - Cosmetology and barbers; merge with changes requested from boards.
Kevin Blackwell, Chad Mcmahan, Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend 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, 73-7-37, And Create New Sections 73-7-14.1, 73-7-14.2, 73-7-39 And 73-7-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Merge The State Board Of Cosmetology And The State Board Of Barbering Into The State Board Of Cosmetology And Barbering; To Provide For The Membership Of The Board; To Provide For The Appointment Of The Executive Director; To Revise The Licensing Requirements Of Barbers And Cosmetologists; To Require Certain Continuing Education; To Set Certain Prohibitions; To Provide That The Board May Charge A License Fee; To Set The Barbering And Cosmetology School Requirements; To Set Certain Violations, Penalties, And Fines; To Make Technical Amendments To Conform; To Repeal Sections 73-5-1 Through 73-5-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The State Board Of Barber Examiners; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2482 - Deficit Prevention Act; amend additional deficit or supplemental appropriation request procedure.
Charles A. Younger, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Dean Kirby
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-104-231, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Additional Deficit Or Supplemental Appropriation Request Procedure; To Require A Standardized Request Form Promulgated By The Legislative Budget Office And The Department Of Finance And Administration; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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