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HB176 - Gender dysphoria; require school personnel to notify parents of student who request to be referred to as different gender or nonhuman.
Charles Blackwell, William Tracy Arnold, Randy P. Boyd
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Require School Administrators, Teachers, Counselors Or Other Personnel Of The School To Provide Written Notification To The Parent Or Legal Guardian Of Any Student Identifying At School As A Gender Or Pronoun That Does Not Align With The Child's Sex On Their Birth Certificate, Other Official Records, Sex Assigned At Birth, Or Identifying As An Animal Species, Extraterrestrial Being Or Inanimate Object, Or Using Sex-segregated School Programs And Activities Or School Facilities That Do Not Align With The Child's Sex Assignment At Birth, Within Three Days Of Becoming Aware Of Such Conduct Or Request By The Affected Student; To Provide That No School Personnel Shall Be Disciplined Or Suffer Any Unlawful Reprisal For Refusing To Acknowledge A Student By A Preferred Gender, Pronoun, Animal Species, Extraterrestrial Being Or Inanimate Object That Is Inconsistent With The Child's Sex Assignment At Birth; To Prescribe The Legislative Intent; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB647 - School athletic events; require local school boards to adopt policy granting free admission to veterans of U.S. Armed Forces.
William Tracy Arnold, Beth Luther Waldo
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Authorize The Local School Board Of Public School Districts To Provide Veterans And Certain Other Military Service Members Of The United States Armed Forces Free Admission Into All School-sponsored And Mississippi High School Activities Association Governed Extracurricular Athletic Events Hosted By The District; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB651 - Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities and create diversion to counties.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase From Eighteen And One-half Percent To Twenty Percent The Amount Of State Sales Tax Revenue Collected In Municipalities That Is Diverted To Municipalities Within The State; To Provide That Twenty Percent Of The State Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Business Activities Outside The Municipalities In A County Shall Be Paid To The County; To Provide That Such Monies Paid To A County Shall Be Used For Repair, Maintenance And Reconstruction Of Roads, Streets And Bridges; To Amend Section 27-65-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB644 - Court-ordered restitution; require payment to victim first before court costs/fines are disbursed.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 99-37-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Justice, County Or Municipal Court Orders Restitution To A Victim, The Court-ordered Restitution Shall Be Paid In Full To The Victim Before Any Court-ordered Costs And Fines May Be Disbursed To The Court; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB636 - Real property; prohibit aliens and foreign governments from owning in the State of Mississippi.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 89-1-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Aliens And Governments Of Foreign Countries From Acquiring Title To, Taking Or Holding Any Land, Leasehold Interest, Or Real Estate In The State Of Mississippi By Descent, Devise, Purchase Or Otherwise; To Bring Forward Section 11-31-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Attachment In Chancery Against Nonresidents, Absent Or Absconding Debtors, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 11-39-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Method Of Proceedings, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 85-3-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Exempt Property And Homestead Allotment, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB643 - Food labeling; require any food and mRNA vaccines to be clearly and conspicuously labeled.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 75-35-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Sale Of Any Food That Contains A Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mrna) Vaccine Or Vaccine Material Unless The Food Labeling Contains A Conspicuous Notification Of The Presence Of The Mrna Vaccine Or Vaccine Material In The Food; To Provide That Nothing Prohibits A Person From Labeling Meat Or A Meat Product As "mrna Free" If The Animals From Which The Meat Or Meat Product Was Derived Were Not Administered An Mrna Vaccine; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HC14 - Joint Rules; amend to allow legislators to participate remotely in committee meetings and floor sessions beginning in 2025.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
A Concurrent Resolution To Amend The Joint Rules Of The Mississippi Senate And House Of Representatives By Creating New Joint Rule 41 To Require The House Management Committee And The Senate Rules Committee To Jointly Take All Necessary Actions To Allow All Committee Meetings And Floor Sessions Of The House And Senate Beginning With The 2025 Regular Session To Be Conducted By Electronic Or Other Technological Means Where The Members May Participate Remotely In Debate And Voting Without The Members Having To Be Physically Present; To Provide That Whenever The Speaker Of The House And The Lieutenant Governor Jointly Determine That Holding In-person Committee Meetings Or Floor Sessions Would Pose An Increased Health Risk To The Members Of The Legislature Or To The Public, Then The Committee Meetings And The Floor Sessions May Be Conducted Remotely By Electronic Means As Provided In This Rule, For Such Period Of Time As Jointly Determined By The Speaker And Lieutenant Governor; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB640 - Ad valorem tax; exempt motor vehicle owned by unremarried surviving spouse of law enforcement officer/employee who died while in performance of official duties.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-51-41, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Ad Valorem Taxation One Motor Vehicle Owned By The Unremarried Surviving Spouse Of A Person Who Was A Law Enforcement Officer Or Other Law Enforcement Employee Who Died While Engaged In The Performance Of His Or Her Official Duties Or Was Wounded Or Otherwise Received Intentional Or Accidental Bodily Injury While Engaged In The Performance Of His Or Her Official Duties And Later Died As A Result Of Such Wounds Or Injury; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB631 - Hotel construction projects; authorize sale tax incentive for.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create An Incentive For Persons, Corporations Or Other Entities To Construct Hotels In This State; To Create The Hotel Construction Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; To Authorize Incentive Payments From Such Fund To Approved Participants That Incur Costs To Construct Hotels In This State; To Provide That Incentive Payments Shall Cease On The Occurrence Of The Earlier Of The Date That An Aggregate Amount Of 30% Of The Approved Project Costs Incurred By An Approved Participant For A Hotel Project Has Been Paid To The Approved Participant Or 15 Years After The Date The Hotel Project Opens For Commercial Operation; To Require The Mississippi Development Authority To Administer The Program; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Portion Of The Sales Tax Revenue Collected From The Operation Of A Hotel Project Shall Be Deposited, After Certain Diversions, Into The Hotel Construction Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB641 - Abortion; prohibit mail order medicines to procure an.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 97-3-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit The Manufacture Or Mail Order In This State Of Medicines That Cause Any Abortion That Is Prohibited By The Laws Of This State; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Mississippi district HD-003
COMMITTEES
Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
William Tracy Arnold is a former Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 39 from 2009 to 2017. He earned his BBA from Eastern Kentucky University in 1985. Prior to his election to the House, Arnold was a Branch Manager with Liberty National Bank. He has served on a number of local civic organizations.read less
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Mississippi House from Mississippi
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