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HB1950 - Appropriation; Finance and Admin, Dept. of, Bureau of Building, Ground, and Real Property Management for eligible ARPA capital projects.
Karl Oliver, John O. Read, Angela Cockerham
Last updated 4 months ago
3 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 Upon Passage And Ending On June 30, 2024.
STATUS
Failed
HB1951 - Appropriation; Health, Department of, for funding the ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program.
Karl Oliver, John O. Read, Angela Cockerham
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Funding The Arpa Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB1357 - Department of Agriculture; revise authority to spend certain funds.
John O. Read, Missy Warren McGee
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 69-1-48, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Department Of Agriculture's Authority To Budget For Improvements To Department Property And Marketing And Promotion Programs And For Purposes As Otherwise Appropriated By The Legislature Shall Be At The Mississippi Agriculture And Forestry Museum In Jackson, Mississippi; To Provide That The Expenditure Of Such Funds Shall Be Upon Appropriation Of The Legislature; To Provide That Leases Concerning Naming Rights Under This Section Shall Be Subject To Approval By The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Delete The Authority Of The Department To Escalate Certain Funds; To Amend Section 69-5-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Department Of Agriculture's Authority To Expend Certain Funds Shall Be Subject To Appropriations; To Require Certain Funds To Be Placed In A Special Fund; To Provide That Leases Concerning Naming Rights Under This Section Shall Be Subject To Approval By The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Provide That The Mississippi State Fair Shall Be Held In Jackson, Mississippi On The State Fairgrounds As Defined By This Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1355 - State agencies; Personnel Board and LBO shall develop salary funding levels for.
John O. Read
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 25-9-147, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Legislature, Upon Consultation With The State Personnel Board, To Develop Salary Funding Levels For Each State Agency Under The Purview Of The State Personnel Board; To Require An Agency Under The Purview Of The State Personnel Board To Ensure That All Personal Services Actions And Payroll Will Not Exceed The Salary Funding Levels Provided By The State Personnel Board; To Require An Agency To Contact The State Personnel Board, The Legislative Budget Office And The State Fiscal Officer To Request A Revised Salary Funding Level If The Agency Determines That The Salary Funding Level Is Insufficient; To Authorize The State Personnel Board To Approve Or Deny Requests To Revise The Salary Funding Levels; To Require The State Personnel Board To Send Notification To Certain Entities When The State Personnel Board Approves Or Denies A Request To Revise An Agency's Salary Funding Level; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1356 - Telework; revise certain provisions regarding use of by employees of state service agencies.
John O. Read
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 25-1-98, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Regarding The Use Of Telework By Employees Of State Service Agencies; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB124 - Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
Jeffrey Hulum, Lester Carpenter, Percy W. Watson
Last updated 6 months ago
123 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Fourth Thursday Of March As Tuskegee Airmen Day In Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1705 - Budget; provide for various transfers of funds, and create various special funds in the treasury.
John O. Read, Randy P. Boyd
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Direct The State Treasurer To Transfer Certain Amounts From The Capital Expense Fund To The Animal Disease Response Fund, The Oil And Gas Emergency Plugging Fund, The Disaster Assistance Trust Fund, The Mississippi Dam Safety Fund And The Historic Site Preservation Fund; To Create New Special Funds In The State Treasury To Be Known As The Opioid Settlement Fund, The Forest Improvement Revolving Fund, The Volunteer Fire Department Equipment Conversion Revolving Fund, The Camden State Forest Revolving Fund, The Arts Commission Challenge Initiative Fund, And The Public Employees' Retirement System Building Repair And Maintenance Fund; To Amend Section 83-1-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Grants Made By The Department Of Insurance Under The Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program Shall Not Exceed $10,000 Per Recipient; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program Fund; To Direct The Department Of Insurance To Issue A Request For Proposals To Contract With A Third Party To Administer The Program; To Provide That The Contract Shall Be Funded From Monies In The Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program Fund, And That Amount Shall Not Exceed One Percent Of The Funds Appropriated To The Department For The Program; To Direct The Mississippi Surplus Lines Association To Transfer A Certain Sum To The State Treasurer To Be Deposited Into The Comprehensive Hurricane Damage Mitigation Program Fund; To Direct The State Treasurer To Transfer A Certain Sum From The Real Estate Commission Fund To The Home Inspector License Fund; To Amend Section 1 Of Chapter 7, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The State Board Of Barber Examiners To Appropriate Funds To A Successor Board Of The State Board Of Barber Examiners; To Amend Section 1 Of Chapter 8, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The State Board Of Cosmetology To Appropriate Funds To A Successor Board Of The State Board Of Cosmetology; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1704 - Appropriations; revise certain FY 2024 appropriations and direct transfers.
John O. Read, Randy P. Boyd
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 7 Of Chapter 15, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The Board Of Psychology To Revise The Amount Of Funds Provided For The Administrative Support Of The Mississippi Autism Board; To Amend Section 4 Of Chapter 34, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The Office Of State Aid Road Construction To Revise The Amount Of Funds Authorized To Be Expended For The Replacement Of Structurally Deficient Bridges; To Amend Section 41 Of Chapter 98, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The 2024 Fiscal Year Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Revise The Purposes For Which Alcorn State University May Incur Expenses Related To Making Improvements To The Davey L. Whitney Complex And Wellness Center; To Amend Sections 1, 2 And 18 Of Chapter 53, Laws Of 2023, To Amend The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The Mississippi Department Of Insurance To Revise The Maximum Amounts Of General And Special Funds So That The Mississippi Length Of Service Award Program Will Be Funded With Special Funds; To Amend Section 40 Of Chapter 91, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The State Department Of Health To Clarify The Period For Which Expenditures May Be Made For Reimbursement Of Expenses For Severe Weather Storm Damage; To Amend Sections 1, 2 And 45 Of Chapter 108, Laws Of 2023, To Amend The Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriation To The State Department Of Education To Revise The Maximum Amounts Of General And Special Funds To Change The Funding Sources For The Charter School Authorizer Board; To Amend Section 27-103-204.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Treasurer To Escalate His Or Her Budget And Expend The Amount Of Any Funds Borrowed From The Working Cash-stabilization Reserve Fund To Offset Any Temporary Cash Flow Deficiencies In The Gf Obligations Fund; To Amend Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Funds Appropriated For The Early Learning Collaborative Act Of 2013 Remaining After Awards To Early Learning Collaboratives And The Department's Administrative Needs Are Met May Be Carried Over In The Following Year; To Amend Section 37-61-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Education Enhancement Funds Appropriated For Classroom Supplies, Instructional Materials And Equipment For Teachers That Are Unexpended Will Be Carried Forward, Combined With The Following Year's Allocation Of Education Enhancement Fund Instructional Supplies Funds And Reallocated For The Following Year; To Amend Section 49-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize State Agencies Receiving Funds From The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund To Escalate Their Budgets And Expend Such Funds; To Direct The State Treasurer And State Fiscal Officer To Transfer Certain Amounts From And To Certain Funds In The State Treasury; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1706 - Programs funded with ARPA funds; revise certain provisions and bring forward sections of.
John O. Read, Randy P. Boyd
Last updated 5 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Bring Forward Section 27-104-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 27-104-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund The Full Amount Of Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Are Remaining In The Local Fund On July 1, 2024; To Provide That Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund After July 1, 2024, Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; To Authorize The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Federal Government Any Funds In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Have Not Been Used For The Purpose For Which They Were Received; To Bring Forward Section 27-104-325, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Accelerate Mississippi Workforce Development Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Accelerate Mississippi Nursing/allied Health Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-207, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Accelerate Mississippi Physician Residency And Fellowship Start-up Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-153-209, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Mississippi Allied Health College And Career Navigator Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-106-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Established The Skilled Nursing Home And Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 41-3-16.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That For The Second Round Of Grant Awards Under The Arpa Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program, The State Department Of Health Shall Add Ten Points To Any Grant Application That Promotes The Consolidation Of Separate Systems; To Provide That The Department Shall Add Ten Points To Any Application With At Least One System That Has Consolidated In The Past, Regardless Of Whether The Application Would Result In Additional Consolidation In The Future; To Provide That No Application Will Receive More Than A Total Of Ten Additional Points Under The Program For Any Past Or Future Consolidation Of Systems; To Bring Forward Section 41-9-371, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 49-2-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Created The Mississippi Municipality And County Water Infrastructure Grant Program, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Provide For The Transfer Of Certain Funds By The State Treasurer; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1707 - 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund; clarify and correct names and purposes of certain projects funded from.
John O. Read, Randy P. Boyd
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 28 Of Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Clarify And Correct Names And Purposes Of Certain Projects Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund; To Amend Section 4 Of Chapter 549, Laws Of 2023, To Revise The Purpose Of A Certain Project Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2022 Ihl Capital Improvements Fund; To Amend Section 27-104-373, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Contracts Or Purchases For Projects Funded With Monies Disbursed From The 2023 Local Improvements Projects Fund That Involve Expenditures Above Certain Amounts Must Be Made After Obtaining Competitive Written Bids; To Amend Section 65-1-185, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The 2023 Desoto County Infrastructure Improvements Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 65-1-187, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The 2023 Lafayette County Infrastructure Improvements Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 65-1-189, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Monies In The 2023 Gulfport Commerce Corridor Fund Shall Be Used By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Instead Of The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, As Amended By House Bill No. 297 And Senate Bill No. 2486, 2024 Regular Session, To Make Several Technical Changes Applicable To Certain American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Projects Under The Public Purchasing Law; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Vetoed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Mississippi district HD-112
COMMITTEES
Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
John O. Read is the Green Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2020 election. He was born on December 16, 1958 in Bronx, New York. Read graduated from Fordham University with a degree in physics. He worked as a physics and math teacher in the New York public school system for over 30 years before retiring. In 2016 and 2020, Read secured the Green Party nomination for President of the United States. His presidential campaigns have focused on progressive reforms like universal healthcare, tuition-free college, and aggressive measures to address climate change.read less
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Mississippi House from Mississippi
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