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SB3018 - Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation To Defray The Expenses Of The Mississippi Ethics Commission For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3019 - Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Commission On Judicial Performance Of The State Of Mississippi For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3024 - Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation Of Special Funds To Defray The Expenses Of The State Board Of Architecture And Landscape Architecture Advisory Committee For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB2344 - Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Derrick T. Simmons, Sollie B. Norwood, Willie Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 37-125-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Jackson State University Shall Construct A Six Hundred Room Student Housing Project For All Eligible Students; To Provide That Students May Be Housed In Such Housing Project On A First-come, First-served Basis Or By Any Other Legal Procedure Established By Jackson State University; To Provide That The Project Shall Not Be Exempt From Any Contracting, Bidding Or Other Restrictions Currently Existing In Statute Or Any Rule Or Regulation Adopted By The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Pertaining To Such Construction; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2326 - Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
Sollie B. Norwood, Gary Brumfield, Derrick T. Simmons
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Sections 37-13-91 And 37-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Provisions Of The Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law Are Fully Applicable To Kindergarten-age Children; To Require Such Kindergarten-age Children To Attend Licensed Public, Parochial, Nonpublic Or Homeschool Kindergarten Programs; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2327 - Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.
Sollie B. Norwood, Willie Simmons, Gary Brumfield
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-1-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Human Services To Establish A Supplementary State Food Stamp Program For Elderly Recipients; To Provide That Recipients Must Be At Least 65 Years Old; To Provide That Recipients May Receive One Hundred Dollars Per Month; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2328 - Personal care homes; require licensure and regulations of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Sollie B. Norwood, Gary Brumfield, Albert Butler
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 43-11-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Personal Care Homes Must Be Licensed And Regulated By The State Department Of Health If They Provide Individual Or Group Living Arrangements For One Or More Persons Who Are Unrelated To The Operator; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB3027 - Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation Of Special Funds For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Mississippi State Board Of Massage Therapy, For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3032 - Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation Of Special Funds To Defray The Expenses Of The Mississippi State Board Of Veterinary Examiners For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB3026 - Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
W. Briggs Hopson, John A. Polk, Sollie B. Norwood
Last updated 4 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Making An Appropriation For The Purpose Of Defraying The Expenses Of The Mississippi Board Of Registered Professional Geologists For Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Mississippi district SD-028
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Mississippi Senate
BIRTH
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Sollie B. Norwood was born in 1947 and raised in Washington, D.C. He attended Howard University, graduating in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. After college, Norwood served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War era. After being honorably discharged from military service, Norwood worked for over 30 years as a human resources professional. He also owned several small businesses over the years. Norwood retired in 2011.read less
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Mississippi Senate from Mississippi
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