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HB1050 - Mississippi Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act; create.
Solomon Osborne, Robert L. Sanders, Cheikh A. Taylor
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Establish The "mississippi Students Voicing Opinions In Today's Elections (vote) Act" For The Purpose Of Creating A Pilot Program In Public Schools To Provide Voter Registration Information To Students In Grade 12; To Require The Secretary Of State To Implement And Administer The Pilot Program In Conjunction With County And Municipal Election Commission And State Political Party Executive Committees; To Prescribe Criteria For Eligibility Of Local Educational Agencies To Receive Funds Under The Pilot Program; To Require Reports To Be Submitted To The Secretary Of State And The Legislature; To Require The Legislature To Appropriate Necessary Funds For The Administration Of The Pilot Program; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1109 - Regional correctional facilities; require Department of Corrections to utilize for housing of state offenders before utilizing private facilities.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Kabir Karriem, Solomon Osborne
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create A Section To Provide That No Contract For Private Incarceration Shall Be Entered Into By The Department Of Corrections For The Private Incarceration Of State Offenders Unless The Department First Utilizes All Regional Correctional Facilities For The Housing Of Such Offenders; To Provide That Contracts May Only Be Entered Into By The Department For The Private Incarceration Of State Offenders Once An Eighty Percent Capacity Rate Has Been Reached For The Housing Of State Offenders In All Regional Correctional Facilities; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-4-11, 47-5-941, 47-5-943, 47-5-1211 And 47-5-1213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1114 - Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow persons convicted of certain crimes to practice after license reinstatement.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Robert L. Sanders, Kabir Karriem
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 99-19-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Persons Who Are Convicted Of Certain Crimes To Practice Medicine Or Dentistry Again After The Person's License Has Been Reinstated By The State Board Of Medical Licensure Or The State Board Of Dental Examiners; To Amend Section 73-9-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Nonissuance Or Denial Of Dental Licenses, To Make Some Minor, Nonsubstantive Changes; To Bring Forward Section 73-25-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Nonissuance Or Denial Of Medical Licenses For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1112 - Wrongful conviction; remove limit on damages when court finds.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Kabir Karriem, Solomon Osborne
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 11-44-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Limitation For Damages When A Person Is Wrongfully Convicted Or Incarcerated; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HR25 - Dr. Portia E. Ellis; commend service as State Director of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.
Rickey W. Thompson, Robert L. Sanders, Zakiya Summers
Last updated 7 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing And Commending The Laudable Service And Zeal Of Dr. Portia E. Ellis As The Visionary And Intrepid State Director Of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., For Mississippi.
STATUS
Passed
HB1111 - Starkville High School AP Government Class of 2019 Motor Voter Act; create to establish the procedure for the automatic registration of voters.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Kabir Karriem
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The "starkville High School Ap Government Class Of 2019 Motor Voter Act"; To Authorize Any Person Who Is Qualified To Register To Vote In The State Of Mississippi To Register To Vote When That Person Applies For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Obtain Certain Information From A Person Who Desires To Register To Vote While Applying For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Provide An Opt-out Procedure For Persons Who Choose Not To Register To Vote While Applying For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Provide For The Forwarding Of Voter Registration Applications To The Person's County Of Residence; To Amend Sections 23-15-11, 23-15-33, 23-15-35, 23-15-39, 23-15-41, 23-15-79, 23-15-95 And 63-1-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1108 - Victim Assistance Coordinator; authorize an additional coordinator for the Seventh Circuit Court District.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Kabir Karriem, Robert L. Sanders
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 99-36-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Additional Victim Assistance Coordinator For The Seventh Circuit Court District; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1110 - Workforce training, certain; provide for nonviolent offenders in regional correctional facilities.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Kabir Karriem, Solomon Osborne
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Require Each Community College District That Has An Affiliated District Workforce Development Council And Each Work Force Development Center To Provide Training With Its Mobile Training Units At Regional Correctional Facilities For Eligible Nonviolent Inmates; To Amend Sections 37-153-9 And 37-153-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Section 47-5-931, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1113 - Nonviolent offenders, certain; require Department of Corrections to house within a 100 mile radius of offenders' release residences.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Kabir Karriem, Solomon Osborne
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 47-5-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Corrections To House Any Nonviolent Offender Within A One Hundred Mile Radius Of His Or Her Release Residence If The Offender Has A Sentence Of Ten Years Or Less Or Has Ten Years Remaining On His Or Her Sentence; To Amend Section 47-4-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1115 - Federal funds; Governor can not return to federal government as long as there is still a demonstrable need for those funds in Mississippi.
Cheikh A. Taylor, Robert L. Sanders, Kabir Karriem
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide That Whenever The State Receives Any Federal Funds That Are Required Or Authorized To Be Used For A Particular Program Or Purpose As Specified In Federal Law Or Regulations, The Governor Or State Agency Executive Director Having Control Of The Funds Shall Not Return Any Of Those Funds To The Federal Government As Long As There Is Still A Demonstrable Need For Those Funds In The Program Or For The Purpose For Which The Funds Were Provided, Unless Federal Government Requires The State To Return The Funds; To Provide That If The Governor Or State Agency Executive Director Having Control Of The Funds Determines That The Program Or Purpose For Which The Funds Were Provided Could Be Better Administered By Nonprofit Entities Or Other Nongovernmental Entities Than By The State, The Funds May Be Transferred To Such Entities To Administer The Program Or Purpose For Which The Funds Were Provided, If Allowed By Federal Law And Regulations And Only In Accordance With The Federal Law And Regulations; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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