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SC509 - Extend recognition to United States Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith as first woman elected to represent Mississippi in Washington, D.C.
Dean Kirby, Jason Barrett, Scott DeLano
Last updated 7 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
A Concurrent Resolution Extending The Recognition Of The Mississippi Legislature To United States Senator Cindy Hyde-smith As The First Woman Elected To Represent The State Of Mississippi In Washington, D.c.
STATUS
Passed
SB2001 - Economic development; provide incentives for certain economic development projects.
Josh Harkins, Joseph C. Thomas, John Horhn
Last updated 10 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 57-75-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "project" Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act To Include Certain Data Processing Facilities; To Revise The Definition Of The Terms "project Area" And "affiliate" Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; To Amend Section 57-75-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Contracts By The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Or A Public Agency For Certain Contracts Related To The Projects Included In This Act Shall Be Exempt From All Or A Portion Of The Provisions Of Section 31-7-13 And That Such Contracts May Be Awarded On The Basis Of Negotiation Under Certain Circumstances And To Authorize The Use Of Additional Methods Of Contracting; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Provide Project-related Jobs Data To The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 57-75-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Certain Additional Powers And Duties With Regard To The Projects Included In This Act; To Amend Section 57-75-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds For The Projects Included In This Act And To Specify The Purposes For Which The Proceeds Of Such Bonds May Be Utilized; To Amend Section 57-75-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Protection For Certain Data Center Projects, From Surface Or Subsurface Mineral Exploration Activities; To Amend Section 57-75-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Supervisors Of A County And The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality May Enter Into An Agreement With One Or More Enterprises Owning And/or Operating Certain Data Center Facilities, And/or One Or More Affiliates Thereof, Providing That The County And Municipality Will Not Levy Any Taxes, Fees Or Assessments Upon The Enterprise Other Than Taxes, Fees Or Assessments That Are Generally Levied Upon All Taxpayers And To Authorize The Board Of Supervisors Of A County And The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality To Enter Into One Or More Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes Agreement With The Enterprises Owning And/or Operating Such Projects; To Amend Section 57-75-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A County In Which Certain Data Center Projects Are Located To Assist The Enterprises Establishing The Projects, And Their Affiliates, Together With Certain Public Agencies, In Defraying Certain Costs; To Authorize Such A County To Provide Funds For Such Purposes By Appropriating Money From Its General Fund Or From The Proceeds Of General Obligation Bonds Issued By The County And/or Loans, Grants And Other Funds From The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Or Mississippi Development Authority; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Provide Funds For Such Purposes By Appropriating Money From Certain Sources, Including From The Proceeds Of Loans, Grants And Other Funds From The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority; To Authorize Certain Transfers And Conveyances Of Real Or Personal Property With Or Without Consideration; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Make Grants To Each Other In Connection With Such A Project; To Exempt The Acquisition Of Certain Real Property And/or Options To Purchase Such Real Property For Such Projects From Certain Requirements; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Provide Periodic Grants And Other Such Contributions Of Funds To Assist The Enterprises Establishing The Projects Included In This Act And To Enter Into Certain Agreements In Connection Therewith; To Specify The Limit Of The Terms Of Agreements Binding On Future Governing Authorities With Enterprises To Provide Firefighting, Hazardous Materials Emergency Response, Technical Rescue And Medical Response Assistance For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 27-65-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Certain Sales Or Leases To Enterprises Operating The Projects Included In This Act And Certain Affiliates Thereof; To Amend Section 27-65-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Certain Sales Of Electricity, Current, Power, Steam, Coal, Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Or Other Fuel To Enterprises Operating The Projects Included In This Act And Certain Affiliates Thereof; To Amend Section 27-7-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Income Tax Exemption For Income Arising From Certain Data Center Projects; To Amend Section 31-19-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Provisions Regarding The Issuance Of Bonds Or Incurrence Of Other Indebtedness Shall Not Apply To The Sale Of Bonds Or Incurrence Of Indebtedness By A County In Connection With Certain Data Center Projects; To Amend Section 43-37-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Sections 27-13-5 And 27-13-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Regard To Certain Data Center Projects, The Duration Of Any Fee-in-lieu Of Franchise Tax Agreement Shall Not Extend Beyond The Date The Mississippi Franchise Tax Is Repealed And Such Agreement Shall Apply Only To New Franchise Tax Liability Connected With The Projects Included In This Act; To Provide That In The Event That The Annual Number Of Full-time Jobs Maintained Connected With Any Such Project Falls Below The Agreed Upon Amount For A Prescribed Period, The Franchise Tax Fee-in-lieu For The Project Shall Be Reduced Or Suspended Until The First Tax Year During Which The Annual Number Of Full-time Jobs Maintained Reaches The Agreed Upon Amount; To Amend Section 19-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 27-31-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Alternative Allocation Of A Portion Of Any Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes For Certain Data Projects To The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority And/or Mississippi Development Authority To Repay Amounts Provided Thereby To Any County, Municipality And/or Public Agency To Fund Public Improvements And Related Costs In Connection With Such Project; To Provide For Incentive Payments To Entities That Incur Certain Costs For The Purpose Of Locating Certain Projects Developed Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act In This State; To Provide For The Amount Of The Incentive Payments; To Provide That The Payments Shall Be Based On Certain Costs Incurred; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury Into Which Shall Be Deposited A Portion Of The State Sales Tax Revenue; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund Shall Be Used To Make The Required Incentive Payments; To Provide That Claims For Incentive Payments Shall Be Filed With The Mississippi Development Authority; To Authorize The Mississippi Development Authority To Develop And Administer Such Incentive Program; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 57-1-64.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To A Change In Subsection Designation; To Provide For The Acceleration Of Certain Public Utility Approval Requirements As Required In Section 77-3-1 Et Seq.; To Amend Sections 77-3-10, 77-3-11, 77-3-13, 77-3-14, 77-3-16, 77-3-35, 77-3-37, 77-3-39, 77-3-41, 77-3-93 And 77-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2161 - Medicaid reimbursements; revise certain provisions relating to a psychiatric residential treatment facility in DeSoto County.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 41-7-191, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Certain Provisions Relating To A Hospital That Has A Certificate Of Need For A Forty-bed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility In Desoto County; To Provide That There Shall Be No Prohibition Or Restrictions On Participation In The Medicaid Program For Such Facility That Would Not Otherwise Apply To Any Other Such Facility; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2145 - Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act; enact to prohibit discriminating against 340B drug discount program entities.
Brice Wiggins, Kevin Blackwell, Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Be Known As The Defending Affordable Prescription Drug Costs Act; To Provide Definitions For The Purpose Of The Act; To Prohibit Health Insurance Issuers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers And Other Third-party Payors And Drug Manufacturers And Distributors From Engaging In Certain Discriminatory Actions Relating To Entities That Are Participating Or Authorized To Participate In The Federal 340b Drug Discount Program; To Provide That The Commission Of Any Act Prohibited By This Act Is Considered A Violation Of The Consumer Protection Act; To Amend Section 75-24-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2167 - Vaccines; authorize administration by pharmacy interns and technicians when supervised by pharmacist.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 73-21-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Pharmacist To Delegate The Administration Of Immunizations That Have Been Approved Or Authorized By The Food And Drug Administration Without A Patient-specific Prescription, Standing Order Or Similar Arrangement To A Licensed Intern Or Pharmacy Technician Provided That Such Person Has A Current Certification To Provide Basic Cardiac Life Support And Has Completed Specific Training Related To Vaccine Administration; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2155 - Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barbering; merge into one board and provide various provisions related thereto.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 73-7-1, 73-7-2, 73-7-3, 73-7-7, 73-7-9, 73-7-11, 73-7-12, 73-7-13, 73-7-14, 73-7-15, 73-7-16, 73-7-17, 73-7-18, 73-7-19, 73-7-21, 73-7-23, 73-7-25, 73-7-27, 73-7-29, 73-7-31, 73-7-33, 73-7-35, 73-7-37, And Create New Sections 73-7-14.1, 73-7-14.2, 73-7-39 And 73-7-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Merge The State Board Of Cosmetology And The State Board Of Barbering Into The State Board Of Cosmetology And Barbering; To Provide For The Membership Of The Board; To Provide For The Appointment Of The Executive Director; To Revise The Licensing Requirements Of Barbers And Cosmetologists; To Require Certain Continuing Education; To Set Certain Prohibitions; To Provide That The Board May Charge A License Fee; To Set The Barbering And Cosmetology School Requirements; To Set Certain Violations, Penalties, And Fines; To Make Technical Amendments To Conform; To Repeal Sections 73-5-1 Through 73-5-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The State Board Of Barber Examiners; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2156 - Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council; create at UMMC.
Kevin Blackwell, Nicole Akins Boyd
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council At The University Of Mississippi Medical Center; To Declare Certain Legislative Findings Relating To Rare Diseases; To Prescribe The Membership And Duties Of The Council; To Require The Council To Submit An Annual Report To The Governor And Legislature; To Require The Governor To Appoint Members Of A Board Of Directors For The Governance Of The Council; To Require The Board Of Directors To Employ An Executive Director For The Council; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2209 - Ad valorem taxes; consider annexed business "new enterprise" for purpose of eligibility for certain municipal tax exemptions.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 27-31-101 And 27-31-103, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Municipality Annexes An Area Already Containing An Enterprise Of A Kind Otherwise Eligible To Receive Discretionary Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions As A New Enterprise, Such Enterprise Shall Be Considered A "new Enterprise" For Purposes Of The Municipality's Authority To Grant The Discretionary Exemptions; To Provide That The Date From Which The Initial Period Of Exemption Begins Shall Be The Effective Date Of The Annexation Of The Area In Which The Enterprise Is Located; To Amend Sections 27-31-104, 27-31-105, 27-31-107 And 27-31-115 Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2218 - Mississippi Ireland Trade Commission; establish.
Josh Harkins, Dean Kirby, Tyler McCaughn
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Establish The Mississippi-ireland Trade Commission; To State Findings Of The Legislature; To Provide For Appointments To The Commission And The Length Of Their Terms; To Specify How The Commission Is To Conduct Its Business; To Set Out The Purposes Of The Commission; To Authorize The Commission To Raise Funds, Through Direct Solicitation Or Other Fundraising Events, Alone Or With Other Groups, And To Accept Gifts, Grants, And Bequests From Individuals, Corporations, Foundations, Governmental Agencies, And Public And Private Organizations And Institutions To Carry Out Its Purposes; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2195 - Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create.
Kevin Blackwell
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program To Foster Recruitment And Retention Of Law Enforcement Officers; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Administer The Program; To Provide That Full-time Sworn, Certified Law Enforcement Officer Who Have Completed Or Who Hereafter Annually Complete A Certain Amount Of In-service Training To Be Paid By The State Additional Compensation Of A Certain Sum Per Year; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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