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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
HB1629 - Ambulance service providers; provide for minimum rate of reimbursement under any policy of accident and sickness insurance.
Lester Carpenter, Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Manly Barton
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Provide That The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Under Any Policy Of Accident And Sickness Insurance To A Participating Ambulance Service Provider Or An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be The Greater Of The Rates Contracted Between An Ambulance Service Provider And A County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Otherwise Approved Or Established By Ordinance Or Regulation Enacted By Any Such County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Three Hundred Twenty-five Percent Of The Reimbursement Allowed By Medicare For Services Originating In Rural Areas; To Define The Term "ambulance Service Provider" For The Purposes Of This Act; To Provide That If An Ambulance Service Provider's Billed Charges Are Less Than The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Provided For In This Act, Then Such Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Shall Be The Provider's Billed Charges; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1056 - Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification.
William Tracy Arnold, Elliot Burch
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create New Section 45-6-16, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Right To Follow-up Testing For A Law Enforcement Officer Who Tests Positive For Illegal Drug Use And To Provide For Terms Of Suspension Pending The Receipt Of Results From The Follow-up Test; To Amend Section 45-6-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1047 - Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.
Kimberly Remak, William Tracy Arnold, Charles Blackwell
Last updated 7 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Declare The Fundamental Rights Of Parents To Direct The Upbringing Of Their Children; To Prohibit Any Agency Of This State From Infringing On The Fundamental Rights Of Parents; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1055 - Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Require The State Of Mississippi And Political Subdivisions Thereof To Compensate Law Enforcement Officers Who Are Nonexempt Employees Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (flsa) By Mandating At Least The Regular Hourly Rate Be Paid, Or Hour-for-hour Compensatory Time, For The First 43 Hours In A Week, 86 Hours In A Two-week Period Or 171 Hours In A 28-day Period; To Require Compliance With The Flsa For Hours Worked In Excess Of Those Stated Amounts; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1078 - Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council; create at UMMC.
Jerry R. Turner, William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council At The University Of Mississippi Medical Center; To Declare Certain Legislative Findings Relating To Rare Diseases; To Prescribe The Membership And Duties Of The Council; To Require The Council To Submit An Annual Report To The Governor And Legislature; To Require The Governor To Appoint Members Of A Board Of Directors For The Governance Of The Council; To Require The Board Of Directors To Employ An Executive Director For The Council; 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
HB1094 - Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to create for all MS students in Grades 6-12.
Jimmy Fondren, William Tracy Arnold, Charles Blackwell
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Create A Financial Literacy Curriculum To Be Implemented In Grades 6 Through 12 No Later Than The 2025-2026 School Year; To Require Passage Of A One-half Carnegie Unit Course In Financial Literacy As A Graduation Requirement For All Public School Students, Including Those In Charter Schools; To Establish The Financial Literacy Trust Fund In The State Treasury To Support Financial Literacy Education; To Require The State Board Of Education To Administer The Fund; To Amend Sections 37-7-301, 37-16-7 And 37-28-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HR27 - National Commander Daniel J. Seehafer; commend on election to lead American Legion and welcome to Gautier, MS.
John O. Read, William Tracy Arnold, Manly Barton
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Commending The Service Of And Welcoming Mr. Daniel J. Seehafer, National Commander Of The American Legion To The State Of Mississippi And To The City Of Gautier American Legion Post No. 1992.
STATUS
Passed
HB1489 - Ambulance services; provide for payment for treatment in place and provide for minimum reimbursement rate in health insurance policies.
Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes, Manly Barton, William Tracy Arnold
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Be Known As The Mississippi Triage, Treat And Transport To Alternative Destination Act; To Provide That Health Benefit Plans Shall Provide Coverage For An Ambulance Service To Treat Or Assess An Enrollee In Place, Or Triage Or Triage And Transport An Enrollee To An Alterative Destination, Or An Encounter Between An Ambulance Service And Enrollee That Results Without Transport Of The Enrollee Under The Plan; To Provide That The Coverage Required Under This Section Is Subject To The Initiation Of Ambulance Service Treatment As A Result Of A 911 Call That Is Documented In The Records Of The Ambulance Service And Subject To Deductibles Or Co-payment Requirements Of The Plan, And Does Not Diminish Or Limit Benefits Otherwise Allowable Under The Plan; To Provide That The Reimbursement Rate For An Ambulance Service Provider Whose Operators Assess, Triage, Treat Or Transport An Enrollee To An Alternative Destination Shall Be Not Less Than The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement For Advanced Life Support Rate With Mileage To The Scene; To Provide That The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Under Any Policy Of Accident And Sickness Insurance To An Out-of-network Ambulance Service Provider Shall Be Rates Contracted Between An Ambulance Service Provider And A County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority, Or Otherwise Approved Or Established By Ordinance Or Regulation Enacted By Any Such County, Municipality Or Special Purpose District Or Authority; To Provide That In The Absence Of Such Rates, The Minimum Allowable Reimbursement Rate Shall Be The Greater Of Three Hundred Twenty-five Percent Of The Reimbursement Allowed By Medicare For Services Originating In Rural Areas Or The Ambulance Service Provider's Billed Charges; To Provide A Date Of Repeal On Such Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
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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