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HC17 - Constitution; amend to conform initiative signature requirements to current congressional districts.
Hester Jackson-McCray, Orlando Paden, Zakiya Summers
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Proposing An Amendment To Section 273, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Provide That For An Initiative Petition To Be Placed Upon The Ballot, The Qualifying Total Of Signatures Must Comprise An Equal Number Of Certified Signatures From All Current Congressional Districts; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB100 - Retailers; prohibit use of self-checkout terminals to scan consumer's driver's licenses to verify age.
John W Hines
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Prohibit Certain Retailers And Retail Establishments From Using Embedded Technology Programs In Self-checkout Terminals Or Self-service Checkouts To Scan Information On A Consumer's Driver's License To Verify The Age Of Consumer Attempting To Purchase Certain Items; To Require The Age Verification Be Performed By An Employee Of The Retail Establishment When Age Verification Is Necessary To Complete A Purchase; To Limit The Use Of Such Technology To Law Enforcement Agencies, Its Employees And Officers Of The Court While In The Performance Of Their Official Authorized Employment Duties; To Provide For A $1,000.00 Fine For Violations; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB573 - Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 47-5-138, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Repeal The Provision Of Law That Prohibits Any Eligible Inmate, Whose Sentence Was Imposed After June 30, 1995, From Accruing Earned-time Allowance That Exceeds Fifteen Percent Of His Or Her Sentence; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB543 - Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; To Make An Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services; To Define Terms As Used In The Act; To Require The Department Of Information Technology Services, In Conjunction With The Wireless Communication Commission, To Create A Program For The Purpose Of Providing Financial Assistance To Eligible Households To Purchase Broadband Services; To Provide Financial Assistance To Providers In Order To Reduce Broadband Costs To Households; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB554 - Health care and education shortage assistance program; establish to help attract professionals to work in certain counties.
John W Hines
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Establish A Health Care And Education Shortage Assistance Program To Help Attract Physicians, Nurses, Emergency Medical Technicians And Other Health Care Workers, Social Workers And Teachers To Work In Rural Areas Of Counties That Had An Unemployment Rate Of More Than Ten Percent In The Previous Calendar Year And Currently Have A Shortage Of Any Of Those Professionals; To Provide That Funding For The Program Will Be Provided From The Mississippi Works Fund And Will Be Disbursed To The Counties By The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security Upon Appropriation By The Legislature For That Purpose; To Provide That The Amount Appropriated For The Program Shall Be Not Less Than Five Million Dollars For Each Fiscal Year; To Provide That Any Eligible County That Wishes To Receive Funds Under The Program Must Adopt A Resolution Requesting The Funds And Submit An Application To The Department Of Employment Security With A Detailed Plan Of How The Funds Will Be Used; To Provide That In Order To Receive Funds Under The Program, A County Must Provide Matching Funds Of Not Less Than Thirty Percent Of The Amount Of The Funds Provided To The County Under The Program; To Bring Forward Section 71-5-353, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Workforce Training Funds, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB578 - MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Hospital Emergency Grant Program In The State Department Of Health To Provide Grants To Hospitals That Are Having Financial Difficulties To Assist The Hospitals In Providing Needed Direct Health Care Services; To Create A Special Fund To Be Known As The Hospital Emergency Grant Fund, Which Shall Be Administered By The Department And Expended For The Sole Purpose Of Providing Grants To Hospitals Under The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That The Department Shall Determine The Terms And Conditions Of Each Grant, And To Specify Certain Requirements And Conditions For The Grants; To Require The Department To Make Annual Reports To The Joint Legislative Budget Committee About Each Grant Made Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB185 - Child Care for Working Families Study Committee; establish.
John W Hines
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The Child Care For Working Families Study Committee; To Provide That The Committee Shall Develop Recommendations For Ensuring Every Working Parent In Mississippi Can Access And Afford Child Care So They Can Participate In The Labor Force; To Provide That The Committee Shall Identify And Examine All Federal Revenue Received By The State And All State Funds Spent On Federal Matching Or Maintenance Of Effort Requirements That Can Allowably Be Spent, Allocated, Transferred, Granted Or Expended Directly To The Child Care Payment Program For Purposes Of Increasing The Number Of Eligible Parents And Children Served; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB447 - Taxes; increase certain and use revenue to provide assistance to hospitals for uncompensated medical care services.
John W Hines
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Sales Of Firearms, Ammunition, Archery Equipment, Motorcycles, All-terrain Vehicles And Jet Skis; To Amend Section 27-65-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Sales Tax Rate On Retail Sales Of Alcoholic Beverages; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Sales Revenue Collected From Increases To Sales Tax Rates Under Sections 27-65-17 And 27-65-25 Shall Be Deposited, Without Diversion, Into A Special Fund Created In The State Treasury As The "mississippi Hospitals Uncompensated Care Assistance Fund"; To Amend Section 27-69-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "tobacco" Under The Tobacco Tax Law; To Define The Term "vapor Product" Under The Tobacco Tax Law; To Amend Section 27-69-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Excise Taxes Levied On Cigarettes And Other Tobacco; To Amend Sections 27-69-15, 27-69-27, 27-69-33 And 27-69-35, Mississippi Of Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 27-69-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Tobacco Taxes Collected From The Increases To Tobacco Tax Rates Under This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The "mississippi Hospitals Uncompensated Care Assistance Fund"; To Create The "mississippi Hospitals Uncompensated Care Assistance Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Administered By The Department Of Health; To Provide That Monies In The Fund Shall Be Used To Provide Assistance To Hospitals For The Cost Of Uncompensated Medical Care Services; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB549 - Appropriation; Department of Health to fund the MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Providing Funds For The Mississippi Hospital Emergency Grant Program Established In House Bill No. ____, 2024 Regular Session, For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB27 - CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.
John W Hines
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception To The Moratorium On The Issuance Of Certificates Of Need For Home Health Agencies To Authorize The State Department Of Health To Issue Up To Five Certificates Of Need To The Recipients Of The Five New Hospice Licenses Issued Under Section 41-85-7(3); And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-050
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Mississippi House
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