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HB550 - County board of supervisors; authorize to be employed by community college districts while serving as.
Robert L Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Provide That Any County Board Of Supervisors May Be Employed By A Community College District While Holding The Position Of Supervisor; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB548 - Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Require That The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning, The Mississippi Community College Board And The State Workforce Investment Board To Work Jointly To Develop A Plan To Be Known As The "career Pathways Initiative"; To Require The Initiative To Increase The Access Of Low-income Parents And Other Individuals To Education Credentials That Qualify Them For Higher-paying Jobs In Their Local Areas, Improve The Preparedness Of The Mississippi Workforce For High-skill And High-wage Jobs, Develop Training Courses And Educational Credentials After Consulting Local Employers And Local Workforce Boards To Identify Appropriate Job Opportunities And Needed Skills And Training To Meet Employers' Needs, Provide Resources On The Basis Of Performance Incentives, Including Participants Enrolling In Courses, Completing The Courses, Obtaining Jobs In The Targeted Job Categories, And Staying Employed In The Targeted Job Categories; To Require The Initiative To Use Available Temporary Assistance For Needy Families (tanf) Funds For Participants Who Have Custody Or Legal Responsibility For A Child Under Twenty-one Years Of Age And Whose Family Income Is Less Than Two Hundred Fifty Percent Of The Federal Poverty Level; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Contract For The Providing Of Education And Training That Will Result In Job Training Certificates Or Higher Education Degrees For Low-income Adults With State Agencies, Two-year Colleges, Local Governments Or Private Or Community Organizations; To Authorize Tanf Funds To Be Combined With Other Federal, State And Local Funds In Ways Consistent With Federal Laws And Regulations In Order To Provide More Funding For The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB577 - Essential health care workers premium pay; Department of Health to create program with Coronavirus Recovery Funds.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create A Hazard Pay For Essential Health Care Workers Grant Program, To Be Administered By The State Department Of Health, To Provide $1,500 In Premium Pay For Essential Health Care Workers Who Perform Jobs In Public Settings At Heightened Risk Of Exposure To Covid-19; To Define Certain Terms; To Require The Department To Establish A Procedure For Employers Of Essential Health Care Workers To Apply For Grant Funds; To Require The Department To Submit An Annual Report On The Program To The Legislative Budget Committee; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB571 - "The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act"; enact.
Robert L Johnson, Daryl L. Porter, Bryant Wandrick Clark
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create "the Juvenile Offender Parole And Rehabilitation Act"; To Amend Section 47-7-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Terms "adult", "juvenile", "minor" And "youthful" Under The Probation And Parole Law; To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Person Was Under The Age Of Eighteen At The Time He Or She Committed An Offense And Such Person Is Not Otherwise Eligible For Parole At An Earlier Date, Then The Person Shall Be Eligible For Parole After Serving Twenty Years Of His Or Her Sentence, And To Extend The Date Of Repeal On This Section; To Amend Section 47-7-3.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB573 - Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 47-5-138, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Repeal The Provision Of Law That Prohibits Any Eligible Inmate, Whose Sentence Was Imposed After June 30, 1995, From Accruing Earned-time Allowance That Exceeds Fifteen Percent Of His Or Her Sentence; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB552 - Appropriation; City of Natchez for Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project.
Robert L Johnson, Jeffery Harness, Bryant Wandrick Clark
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The City Of Natchez, Mississippi, For The Purpose Of Providing Funding For The Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB51 - State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Kabir Karriem, Bryant Wandrick Clark, Daryl L. Porter
Last updated 7 months ago
25 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclusively Recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday On The Third Monday Of January; To Remove Robert E. Lee's Birthday As A Legal State Holiday; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB576 - TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Direct The Peer Committee, At Least Once Every Two Years, To Review And Evaluate The Performance Outcomes Of Subcontracts And Subgrants Of Tanf Funds Awarded By The Department Of Human Services, To Examine How The Subcontractors, Subgrantees And Lower-tier Subrecipients Of Those Funds Expended The Funds And Determine Whether Those Expenditures Met The Requirements Or Goals For The Use Of Those Funds; To Require The Committee To Prepare A Report Of Its Findings And Evaluations And Submit The Report To The Members Of The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB362 - Voter registration; authorize upon completion of sentence.
Daryl L. Porter, John W Hines, Robert L Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide Full Suffrage Restoration To Any Person Disqualified By Reason Of Criminal Conviction; To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Who Shall Be Considered A Qualified Elector; To Amend Section 23-15-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Secretary Of State And The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Collaborate To Ensure Voters Are Placed Back On Voter Rolls; To Amend Section 23-15-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Amend Section 23-15-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Training For Elections Commissioners To Ensure Voters Who Were Disenfranchised Are Allowed To Register To Vote; To Amend Sections 23-15-223, 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
HB582 - TANF benefits; remove certain restrictions and penalties for applicants and recipients.
Robert L Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Maximum Income And Resources Limits For Eligibility For Tanf Benefits; To Delete The Family Cap On The Receipt Of Tanf Benefits; To Delete The Mandatory Up-front Job Search For Tanf Applicants; To Delete The Requirement To Be In Compliance With The Drug Testing And Substance Use Disorder Treatment Requirements In Order To Receive Tanf Benefits; To Remove The Full Family Sanction For Refusal Of An Adult Or Caretaker Relative To Participate In Allowable Work Activity And Have The Sanction Apply Only To That Person; To Delete The Sanction For Permanent Disqualification For Tanf Benefits; To Provide That The Work Requirements For Tanf Recipients Shall Not Apply To Those Recipients Who Reside In Areas That Have An Unemployment Rate Or Do Not Have A Sufficient Number Of Jobs To Provide Employment, And Shall Not Apply To Any Tanf Recipients During A Formal State Or Federal Declaration Of A Natural Disaster Or State Of Emergency; To Amend Section 43-12-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform The Sanction Provisions To Those In The Preceding Section; To Repeal Section 43-12-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For A Family Cap On The Receipt Of Tanf Benefits; To Repeal Section 43-17-6, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires Applicants For And Recipients Of Tanf Benefits To Be Screened And Tested For Certain Drugs And Receive Treatment For Substance Use Disorders; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-094
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Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Robert L. Johnson is the founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET) and RLJ Companies. He served on the board of directors of RLJ Lodging Trust, Lowe's Companies Inc, and Discovery Communications Inc. Johnson founded BET in 1979 with a $15,000 loan. He sold the company to Viacom in 2001 for approximately $3 billion. He then founded RLJ Companies, an innovative business network.read less
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