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HB544 - Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide A State Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Claiming The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit; To Provide The Amount Of The Credit; To Provide That If The Amount Of Credit Claimed By A Taxpayer Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Imposed Upon The Taxpayer For The Taxable Year, Then The Taxpayer Shall Receive A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For The Amount Of Such Excess; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB549 - Appropriation; Department of Health to fund the MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Providing Funds For The Mississippi Hospital Emergency Grant Program Established In House Bill No. ____, 2024 Regular Session, For The Period Beginning Upon The Passage Of This Act And Ending June 30, 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB578 - MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Hospital Emergency Grant Program In The State Department Of Health To Provide Grants To Hospitals That Are Having Financial Difficulties To Assist The Hospitals In Providing Needed Direct Health Care Services; To Create A Special Fund To Be Known As The Hospital Emergency Grant Fund, Which Shall Be Administered By The Department And Expended For The Sole Purpose Of Providing Grants To Hospitals Under The Provisions Of This Act; To Provide That The Department Shall Determine The Terms And Conditions Of Each Grant, And To Specify Certain Requirements And Conditions For The Grants; To Require The Department To Make Annual Reports To The Joint Legislative Budget Committee About Each Grant Made Under This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB580 - Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Robert L Johnson, Daryl L. Porter, Bryant Wandrick Clark
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide That Any Person Who Is Convicted Of A Drug Offense Or A Nonviolent Crime And Is Sentenced To Five Years Or Less And Is Held In The Physical Custody Of The Department Of Corrections Shall Have His Or Her Sentence Commuted To Time Served; To Bring Forward Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB543 - Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create.
Robert L Johnson, John W Hines, Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; To Make An Appropriation From The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund To The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology Services; To Define Terms As Used In The Act; To Require The Department Of Information Technology Services, In Conjunction With The Wireless Communication Commission, To Create A Program For The Purpose Of Providing Financial Assistance To Eligible Households To Purchase Broadband Services; To Provide Financial Assistance To Providers In Order To Reduce Broadband Costs To Households; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB538 - Medicaid; create Medicaid Commission to administer program and abolish Division of Medicaid.
Robert L Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Mississippi Medicaid Commission To Administer The Medicaid Program; To Provide For The Membership And Appointment Of The Commission; To Provide That The Executive Director Of The Commission Shall Be Appointed By The Commission; To Abolish The Division Of Medicaid And Transfer The Powers, Duties, Property And Employees Of The Division To The Medicaid Commission; To Amend Sections 43-13-103, 43-13-105, 43-13-109, 43-13-113, 43-13-115, 43-13-116, 43-13-117, 43-13-120, 43-13-121, 43-13-123, 43-13-125, 43-13-139 And 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On Sections 43-13-117 And 43-13-145; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB621 - Appropriation; IHL for construction of athletic stadium for Jackson State University.
Robert L Johnson, Zakiya Summers
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning For The Purpose Of Providing Funding To Jackson State University For The Construction Of An Athletic Stadium To Host The University's Sporting Events For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HR54 - Mississippi Links Day at the Capitol 2024; commend and honor for outstanding service.
Robert L Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A Resolution Commending The Links, Incorporated, On The Occasion Of Its "mississippi Links Day At The Capitol 2024", And Honoring The Organization's Outstanding Service To The Community, This State And The Nation.
STATUS
Passed
HB4010 - Appropriation; City of Natchez for stormwater infrastructure projects.
Robert L Johnson, Angela Cockerham, Sam C. Mims
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Natchez To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With The Roselawn Subdivision Stormwater Infrastructure Project, West Stiers Lane Stormwater Infrastructure Project And Concord Avenue Stormwater Infrastructure Project For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB711 - TANF benefits; provide child care and transportation for applicants during initial orientation meetings.
Robert L Johnson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 43-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Provide Child Care And Transportation For Applicants For Tanf Benefits During The Application Processing Period, Job Readiness Class, Work Program Intake Process And Other Initial Orientation Meetings; 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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