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HB1372 - Retirees; may be employed full time in critical need or shortage position with PERS employer and draw full benefits.
Jonathon McMillan, Gregory Holloway, Edward Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Retired Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Be Employed In A Position For Which The Employer Has A Critical Need For Or Shortage Of Employees And Draw The Full Amount Of The Retiree's Retirement Allowance, During Which Time The Retiree May Work The Full Number Of Normal Working Days For The Position And Receive The Full Amount Of The Salary In Effect For The Position At The Time Of Employment; To Provide That Before A Retiree May Be Employed In Such A Position, The Employer Must Provide Satisfactory Evidence With Quantifiable Numbers To The Retirement System Of The Existence Of A Critical Need For Or Shortage Of Employees In The Employer's Agency, Department, Institution Or Political Subdivision, And Satisfactory Evidence That The Employee Has The Education And Experience Necessary For The Position For Which There Is A Critical Need Or Shortage And In Which He Or She Will Be Employed; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1289 - Voting rights; restore to all felons after satisfying all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction.
William Tracy Arnold, Robert L. Sanders, Cheikh A. Taylor
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of A Felony Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Suspended Upon Conviction But Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Automatically Restored Once He Or She Has Satisfied All Of The Sentencing Requirements Of The Conviction; To Amend Sections 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 And 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 97-39-3 And 99-19-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1370 - Trespass; clarify elements of.
Jonathon McMillan, Randy P. Boyd, Jim Estrada
Last updated 6 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Sections 97-17-85, 97-17-87, 97-17-93, 97-17-97 And 97-47-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Include Unmanned Or Uncrewed Aircraft To The Elements Of Trespass; To Bring Forward Section 97-47-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulates Such Aircraft Over Department Of Corrections Facilities; To Amend Section 61-21-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To This Act; To Bring Forward Section 61-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulates Liability For Uncrewed Aircraft, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Section 61-21-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1330 - Union County Heritage Museum; designate as the official state barbeque museum.
Sam J. Creekmore, Josh Hawkins
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Designate The Union County Heritage Museum As The Official State Barbeque Museum; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1284 - Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create to prohibit acquisition of forestry and agricultural lands.
Bill Pigott, Brent Anderson, Donnie Bell
Last updated 6 months ago
43 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
Failed
HB1371 - Law enforcement officers and firefighters; certain shall receive one additional year of creditable services in PERS for every 5 years of service.
Jonathon McMillan, Josh Hawkins, Jeffrey Hulum
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-11-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For A First Responders Retirement Incentive Under Which Law Enforcement Officers And Firefighters Who Became Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System On Or After July 1, 2011, And Who Have At Least Four Years Of Membership Service Credit Shall Be Entitled To Receive One Additional Year Of Creditable Service For Every Five Years Of Service As A First Responder In The State Of Mississippi, At No Cost To The Member; To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Retired Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Be Employed As A Law Enforcement Officer With A Law Enforcement Department That Has A Critical Need For Or Shortage Of Law Enforcement Officers And Draw The Full Amount Of The Retirement Allowance, During Which Time The Retiree May Work The Full Number Of Normal Working Days For The Position And Receive The Full Amount Of The Salary In Effect For The Position At The Time Of Employment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1377 - MS Consumer Alternative Installment Loan Act; require Dept.of Banking to issue memo authorizing new maximum loan amount and revise amount calculation.
Shane Aguirre, Otis L. Anthony, Donnie Bell
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 75-67-181, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Department Of Banking And Consumer Finance To Issue A Memo On July 1, 2024, And On July 1 For Each Subsequent Calendar Year, Authorizing A New Maximum Loan Amount As Permitted Under This Act; To Provide The Method Of Calculating Such New Maximum Loan Amount; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1378 - Homestead exemption; increase for honorably discharged veterans 90 years of age or older.
Kimberly Remak, William Tracy Arnold, Earle S Banks
Last updated 5 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-33-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Qualified Homeowner Who Is An Honorably Discharged American Veteran And Has Reached 90 Years Of Age On Or Before January 1 Of The Year For Which Homestead Exemption Is Claimed, Shall Be Allowed An Exemption From All Ad Valorem Taxes On The Assessed Value Of The Homestead Property; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1498 - Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require notice of proposed rule to include cost.
Randy P. Boyd, Brent Anderson, Charles Blackwell
Last updated 7 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-43-3.103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Notice Of An Agency's Proposed Rule Adoption Shall Include How Much The Proposed Rule Will Cost The State; To Require A Copy Of The Notice Of Proposed Rule Adoption To Be Provided To Each Member Of The Mississippi Legislature; To Amend Section 25-43-3.105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Copy Of The Economic Impact Statement Shall Be Forwarded To Each Member Of The Mississippi Legislature At No Cost To The Member; To Bring Forward Section 25-43-4.104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1502 - Second Amendment Preservation Act; authorize to protect rights to firearms.
Karl Oliver, William Tracy Arnold, Shane Aguirre
Last updated 7 months ago
42 Co-Sponsors
An Act Entitled The "second Amendment Preservation Act"; To Provide That The Mississippi Legislature Preempts The Law Of Firearms, Components, Ammunition And Firearm Supplies To The Complete Exclusion Of Any Order, Ordinance Or Regulation By Any Political Subdivision Or Municipality Of This State; To Provide That The Comprehensive Firearms Code Of The State Of Mississippi Is Interposed In Place Of Any Federal Law Confiscating Firearms Of Law-abiding Citizens; To Bring Forward Sections 45-9-51, 45-9-53 And 45-9-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Conditions On Carrying Concealed Weapons; To Bring Forward Sections 97-37-7 And 97-37-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provide Conditions And Penalties For Carrying Concealed Firearms And Deadly Weapons; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-010
COMMITTEES
Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Josh Hawkins is seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 7th Congressional District of Virginia. Josh graduated from Regent University School of Law. After law school, Josh clerked for a federal judge. In 2014, Josh joined the Attorney General's office where he focused on defending religious liberty, free speech, and other constitutional rights. Now Josh works to protect families and small businesses from government overreach. Josh lives in Virginia with his wife and children.read less
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Mississippi House from Mississippi
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