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HB2 - Appropriation; additional to MDA for certain projects.
John O. Read, Edward Blackmon, Lawrence Blackmon
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Additional Appropriation In The Sum Of $44,000,000.00 From The Project Atlas Fund To The Mississippi Development Authority For The Purpose Of Funding The Projects Defined In Section 57-75-5(f)(xxxiii), Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Period Beginning On July 1, 2023, And Ending June 30, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB1 - Project Atlas Fund; create.
John O. Read, Edward Blackmon, Lawrence Blackmon
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Project Atlas Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury For The Purpose Of Providing Grants Or Loans To Fund Certain Data Processing Facility Projects, As Defined In Section 57-75-5(f)(xxxiii), Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Provide That Monies Appropriated Out Of The Fund May Be Used To Reimburse Actual Oversight Costs And Engineering Expenses Incurred By The Mississippi Development Authority Up To A Certain Amount; To Require The Mississippi Development Authority To File A Report On The Fund To Certain Public Officials; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer Funds Out Of The Capital Expense Fund To The Project Atlas Fund Created In This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB73 - School attendance officers; transfer responsibility of employment from MDE to local school districts.
Jansen Owen, Shanda M. Yates
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-81, 37-13-83, 37-13-85, 37-13-87 And 37-13-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Name Of The Office Of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement And Dropout Prevention Within The State Department Of Education; To Provide For The Appointment Of An Executive Director Of The Office By The State Superintendent Of Public Education; To Transfer The Responsibility For Employing And Establishing The Duties Of School Attendance Officers From The State Department Of Education To Local School Districts; To Abolish The Three Regional School Attendance Officer Positions And Replace Those Positions With Regional Coordinators Who Shall Be Responsible For Enforcement Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law Within Their Region; To Provide That The State Superintendent Of Public Education Shall Set The Salary Of Regional Coordinators; To Provide That Regional Coordinators Shall Be Compensated At The Same Salary Received For Fiscal Year 2024 Rate Plus An Additional 25%; To Clarify The Minimum Qualifications Necessary For School Attendance Officers And Remove The Requirement Of The State Personnel Board To Establish Additional Qualifications For School Attendance Officers; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Employed By The State Department Of Education On July 1, 2024, Shall Be Transferred To Employment Status As Employees Of Their Respective School Districts With Work Locations Therein And Shall Enforce Attendance At Charter Schools Located Within The School District; To Provide For The Sharing Of Administrative And Costs Sharing Responsibilities Of Two Or More School Districts Which Were Simultaneously Served By The Same School Attendance Officer; To Provide For The Transfer Of Any Unused Accumulated Leave; To Require The State To Provide Funding For One School Attendance Officer For Every 3,000 Compulsory-school-age Children In Enrollment In The Public Schools Of A County; To Establish The Minimum Salary Of Newly Hired School Attendance Officers Beginning July 1, 2024, And Authorize Local School Boards To Pay Additional Compensation Above The Minimum Salary On A Scale Established By The Local School Board; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Transferred To The Local School District From The State Department Of Education Shall Be Compensated At The Same Salary Received Fiscal Year 2024 Rate Plus An Additional 25%; To Provide That School Attendance Officers Shall Not Experience Any Interruption Of Service With The Public Employees' Retirement System And The School Employees' Health Insurance Plan As A Result Of The Transfer Of Employment Responsibility; To Require The State Department Of Education And The Mississippi Association Of School Superintendents To Submit A Report To The Legislature On The Status And Progress Of School Attendance Officers As Employees Of The Lunch School District; To Amend Section 37-13-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Local School District To Report Any Unexcused Absence Of A Student To The School Attendance Officer Within 24 Hours Of The Absence; 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 7 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 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
HB1046 - Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken.
Oscar Denton, Shanda M. Yates
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 93-5-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Requirement Of Willful And Obstinate From The Ground Of Divorce For Desertion; To Provide An Additional Ground Of Divorce Where When The Court Finds There Has Been An Irretrievable Breakdown Of The Marriage And That Further Attempts At Reconciliation Are Impractical Or Futile And Not In The Best Interests Of The Parties Or Family; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB674 - Candidate qualification; revise process for.
Kevin W. Felsher, Shanda M. Yates
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-299, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Order To Qualify To Run For Office, A Candidate Must Submit, Along With The Qualification Fees, A Notarized Written Statement And A Copy Of The Candidate's Valid, Unexpired, Mississippi Identification Card, Voter Registration, Homestead Exemption, If Any, And A Current Utility Bill; To Require The Secretary Of State To Assess A Five Hundred Dollar Fine To Any State Executive Committee That Fails To Transmit Any Written Statements And Other Required Documents And Accompanying Fees To The Secretary Of State By 6:00 P.m. On The Date Of The Qualifying Deadline; To Provide That The Fine Shall Be For Each Written Statement That Is Submitted After 6:00 P.m. On The Date Of The Qualifying Deadline; To Require The Secretary Of State To Deposit Any Fines Received From Any State Executive Committee Into The Elections Support Fund; To Provide A Thirty Day Timeline For An Executive Committee Or The Secretary Of State, Whichever Is Applicable, To Determine Whether A Candidate Meets The Qualifications To Hold The Office He Or She Seeks; To Provide That Once An Executive Committee Has Determined Whether A Candidate Is Qualified To Hold The Office He Or She Seeks, The Secretary Of The Executive Committee Shall Transmit A List Of All Of Those Candidates And How The Executive Committee Ruled On Their Qualifications To The Secretary Of State For Review; To Provide The Secretary Of State Thirty Days To Determine If The Candidates Were Properly Qualified Or Disqualified; To Provide That If The Secretary Of State Disagrees With A Decision Made By An Executive Committee, The Secretary Of State Shall Notify The Executive Committee And Candidate And Give The Executive Committee And Candidate Ten Days To Appeal That Determination; To Provide The Secretary Of State Ten Days To Consider The Appeal Of The Executive Committee Or Candidate; To Provide That If The Secretary Of State Upholds His Determination, The Candidate May Appeal That Determination; To Amend Section 23-15-961, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-963 And 23-15-359, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1137 - Opioid antagonists; authorize community organizations and others to receive and administer.
Fabian Nelson, Justis Gibbs, Kenji Holloway
Last updated 5 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 41-29-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Terms "community Organization" And "high-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint" For The Purpose Of The Emergency Response And Overdose Prevention Act; To Authorize A Practitioner Acting In Good Faith To Directly, Or By Standing Order, Prescribe An Opioid Antagonist To A Community Organization; To Authorize A Person Acting In Good Faith And With Reasonable Care To Administer An Opioid Antagonist That Was Distributed By A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint To Another Person Whom He Or She Believes To Be Experiencing An Opioid-related Overdose; To Authorize A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint To Store And Distribute An Opioid Antagonist; To Authorize A Member Of A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint To Administer An Opioid Antagonist To Another Person; To Authorize The Department Of Health To Distribute An Opioid Antagonist To Any Member Of A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint Upon A Request Made In Writing By The Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint; To Authorize A Person To Store An Opioid Antagonist That Is Distributed By A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint; To Provide Certain Criminal And Civil Liability Protection To A Community Organization Or High-risk Opioid Overdose Touchpoint And Members And Personnel Of Such Organization; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
HB1218 - Municipal elected officers; authorize removal of using the same process as removal of county elected officers.
Shanda M. Yates
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 25-5-3, 25-5-7, 25-5-9, 25-5-13, 25-5-15, 25-5-17, 25-5-19, 25-5-21, 25-5-23, 25-5-25, 25-5-27, 25-5-33 And 25-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Elective Municipal Officers May Be Subject To The Same Removal Process As Elective County Officers; To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Municipal Court Shall Have Jurisdiction Over All Cases Regarding The Removal Of Elective Municipal Officers; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1225 - State Auditor; authorize to review and examine municipalities under certain conditions.
Shanda M. Yates
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 21-35-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Auditor, In His Discretion, To Review And Examine Municipalities Under Certain Prescribed Conditions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
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Representative from Mississippi district HD-064
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Unfortunately I cannot reproduce lengthy excerpts from copyrighted material without permission. However, here is a summary of the key biographical details about Shanda M. Yates from the provided link: Shanda M. Yates is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, representing District 64. She was first elected to the chamber in 2019. Her professional experience includes working as a real estate broker and serving on the Board of Directors for the Jackson Association of Realtors. She earned her BBA in Business Management from Jackson State University. I've attempted to provide a concise summary while respecting copyright restrictions. Please let me know if you need any clarification or have additional questions!read less
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