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HB370 - Hunting and fishing; reduce license fees for certain disabled veterans.
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Shane Barnett, Billy Adam Calvert
Last updated 8 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Sections 49-7-5, 49-7-9, And 47-7-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Fees Charged For Hunting And Fishing Licenses Issued To Persons Who Are Rated As Having At Least Seventy Percent Nonpermanent Service-connected Disability By The Veterans' Administration Or United States Department Of Veterans Affairs; To Provide That The Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks May Not Collect An Additional Fee For The Purpose Of Recouping Administrative Costs Incurred By The Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks For Issuing A License Sold To Such A Person; To Bring Forward Sections 49-7-3, 49-7-8, 49-7-12, 49-7-22 And 49-7-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Sections Of Law Regulating Hunting And Fishing In Mississippi, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB289 - Sexual battery; remove the statute of limitation for the crime of.
Jansen Owen, Kent McCarty
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 99-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Statute Of Limitation For The Crime Of Sexual Battery; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB492 - Electronic notary; clarify authority of the Secretary of State to regulate.
Jeffrey Hulum, Christopher Bell, Daryl L. Porter
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 25-34-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Authority Of A Notarial Officer To Perform Acts Electronically; To Amend Section 25-34-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Create Rules Which Allow A Notarial Officer And A Remotely Located Signatory To Electronically Complete A Notarial Act; To Bring Forward Section 25-34-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Secretary Of State To Adopt Rules And Regulations Regarding Notarial Acts; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB319 - Distinguished motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Columbia Academy Cougars.
Ken Morgan, Kent McCarty, Bill Pigott
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of Distinctive Motor Vehicle License Tags To Supporters Of The Columbia Academy Cougars; To Prescribe An Additional Fee For The Issuance Of Such License Tags; To Provide For The Distribution Of The Additional Fee Collected From The Issuance Of Such License Tags; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB286 - Sexual Battery; remove statute of limitations when DNA evidence is discovered.
Jansen Owen, Kent McCarty, Beth Luther Waldo
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 99-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Statute Of Limitations On The Certain Crimes Of Sexual Battery When Dna Testing Provides Additional Evidence; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB505 - Appropriation; Three Rivers Planning and Development District to assist Three Rivers High Availability Disaster Recovery Project.
Donnie Bell, Shane Aguirre, Charles Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Three Rivers Planning And Development District To Assist In Paying Certain Costs Of The Three Rivers High Availability Disaster Recovery Project For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB500 - Appropriation; Progress Community Water Association for costs of an automated water meter.
Ken Morgan, Kent McCarty, Jansen Owen
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Progress Community Water Association In Lamar County For Costs Associated With Acquiring And Installing An Automated Water Meter System For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB988 - Increasing Reading Efficiency and Accountability Development (iREAD) Pilot Program; establish to increase literacy achievement outcomes.
Sam J. Creekmore, Kent McCarty
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Increasing Reading Efficiency And Accountability Development (iread) Pilot Program Within The State Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Improving Early Childhood Literacy In Schools With Evidentiary Data Reports Of Chronic Reading Inefficiency And Underperforming Readers Beginning With The 2024-2025 School Year; To Provide That The Program Shall Focus On Enhancing The Outputs Of Literacy Proficiency Among Elementary Students; To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop And Implement Iread Pilot Program As An Educational Technology Platform To Assist Teachers, Literacy Coaches And Parents In Promoting Reading; To Require The Board To Adopt Policies Governing The Program And Establish Minimum Criteria; To Prescribe The Minimum Criteria For Services And Program Elements To Be Provided By The Selected Technology Vendor; To Require The Legislature To Appropriate $750,000.00 To The State Department Of Education For The Implementation, Support And Continuation Of The Iread Pilot Program; To Require The State Board Of Education To Submit A Report On The Iread Pilot Program To The Education And Appropriations Committees Of The House Of Representatives And Senate By January 1, 2026; To Provide That The Pilot Program Shall Be Made Available To A Minimum Of 10,000 Elementary Students In Kindergarten Through Grade 3 In Schools Selected By The State Board Of Education In Each Of The Four Congressional Districts; To Provide That Priority For Inclusion In The Pilot Program Shall Be Given To Schools Within Each Congressional District In Eligible Schools In "d" And "f" Rated School Districts Having Proportionally The Largest Population Of Underserved At-risk Four-year-old Children; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB721 - Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Kevin W. Felsher, Shane Aguirre, Brent Anderson
Last updated 8 months ago
43 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of Distinctive Motor Vehicle License Tags To Supporters Of The Tunnel To Towers Foundation; To Prescribe An Additional Fee For The Issuance Of Such License Tags; To Provide For The Distribution Of The Additional Fee Collected From The Issuance Of Such License Tags; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1084 - Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Randy P. Boyd, Shane Aguirre, Otis L. Anthony
Last updated 8 months ago
95 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Sales Of Tangible Personal Property Or Services To A Church That Is Exempt From Federal Income Taxation Under The United States Internal Revenue Code For Use Solely In The Propagation Of Its Creed Or Carrying On Its Customary Nonprofit Religious Activities; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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