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HB1821 - Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Sam C. Mims, John O. Read, Manly Barton
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation From Special Funds In The State Treasury For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Veterans' Home Purchase Board And Making New Home Loans As Authorized By Law For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB1820 - Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Sam C. Mims, John O. Read, Manly Barton
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Mississippi State Supreme Court Which Is Comprised Of The Supreme Court, The Office Of The Supreme Court Clerk And The State Law Library And To Pay Expenses Of Special Judges, Chancellors And Circuit Judges, And For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Administrative Office Of Courts And Certified Court Reporters, Continuing Legal Education, Court Of Appeals And The Board Of Bar Admissions, For The Fiscal Year 2025; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1817 - Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Sam C. Mims, John O. Read, Manly Barton
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Paying The Expenses And Providing Contingent Funds For The Legislature, The Expenses Of The Joint Legislative Budget Committee, The Expenses Of The Joint Legislative Committee On Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review, The Expenses Of The Joint Legislative Reapportionment Committee, The Expenses Of The Joint Committee On Compilation, Revision And Publication Of Legislation, Paying The Monthly Expense Allowance Of The Members Of The Legislature, Paying The State's Share Of Various Assessments, And For Related Purposes, For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB1818 - Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Sam C. Mims, John O. Read, Manly Barton
Last updated 5 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation From Special Funds In The State Treasury For The Purpose Of Defraying The Administrative Expenses Of The Board Of Trustees Of The Public Employees' Retirement System And For The Maintenance And Operation Of The Retirement System Building For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB1084 - Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Randy P. Boyd, Shane Aguirre, Otis L. Anthony
Last updated 6 months ago
94 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
HB1210 - The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Vince Mangold, Shane Aguirre, Brent Anderson
Last updated 5 months ago
123 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Establish The "dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program At Mississippi State University" For The Purpose Of Providing Scholarships To Qualifying Students Pursuing A Degree In Veterinary Medicine, Who Will Then Commit To The Practice Of Veterinary Medicine In Rural Areas Of The State; To Provide That The Dean Of The Mississippi State University College Of Veterinary Medicine Shall Administer The Scholarship Program; To Cap The Number Of Scholarships Awarded Annually; To Limit To Four Years Duration For Which A Student May Receive Scholarship Funds; To Define Terminology Used In The Act; To Authorize The Dean Of The College Of Veterinary Medicine To Promulgate Rules And Regulations For The Administration Of The Program With The Advice And Consent Of The President Of Mississippi State University And The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning; To Prescribe The Minimum Criteria For Eligibility For Receipt Of Scholarship, Continued Maintenance Of The Scholarship And Post Program Completion Obligations And Penalties For Failure To Perform The Contractual Obligation Of The Scholarship Agreement; To Authorize The Mississippi State University College Of Veterinary Medicine Is Authorized To Accept Gifts, Donations, Bequests, Grants And Any Other Monies From Any Source Whatsoever To Be Used For The Purposes Of Administering The Program; To Require The Dean To Submit An Annual Report To The Legislature With Information About Who Received Scholarships Under The Program And How Much Each Person Received, And The Amount Of Any Gifts, Donations And Other Funds Received And How Those Funds Were Used For The Purpose Of The Program; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB4094 - City of Hattiesburg; authorize to utilize a portion of its traffic fine money for community development initiatives.
Missy Warren McGee, Percy W. Watson
Last updated 4 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, To Use Part Of The City's Traffic Fine Money For Community Development Initiatives; 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
HB1961 - Appropriation; IHL for repair and improvements to Rose E. McCoy Auditorium at Jackson State University.
Earle S Banks, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With The Repair And Renovation Of And Upgrades And Improvements To Rose E. Mccoy Auditorium At Jackson State University For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HR37 - Ameshya Williams Holliday; commend for being the first Mississippi HBCU player drafted by the WNBA.
Jeffrey Hulum, Robert L Johnson, Bryant Wandrick Clark
Last updated 7 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Recognizing And Commending Ameshya Williams-holliday For Her Outstanding Achievements, And For Being The First Mississippi Hbcu Player Drafted By The Wnba.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-103
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Mississippi House
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Percy W. Watson graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History. He later received his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. After law school, Watson worked at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP where he focused on mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and corporate governance matters. He then joined Compass Lexecon where he provided economic analysis and expert testimony in antitrust litigation matters in telecommunications, software, health care, consumer products, energy, and manufacturing. Watson next worked as an investment banker at Greenhill & Co., Inc. He advised clients on mergers, acquisitions, and financing transactions across a range of industries before being appointed commissioner of the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics in 2021.read less
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