Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Became law2
City of Lexington; extend repealer on restaurant tourism tax.
Holmes County; authorize contributions to the Holmes County Long-Term Recovery Committee.
Passed the House3
Private incarceration of state inmates; provide exception to 10% cost-savings requirement to state.
"Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.
City of Durant; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
In committee42
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low-income individuals for home repairs.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create an advisory board on industry standards.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2023; create.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act.
Counties; authorize to pay poll workers certain mileage.
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons suspended for being out of compliance with order for support.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2023"; create.
Election commissioners; require board of supervisors to provide insurance coverage for.
PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
Medicaid; revise calculation of reimbursement for durable medical equipment (DME).
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for.
"Mississippi All-Terrain/Off-Road Vehicle Numbering Act"; create to establish certificate of number system for operating on public lands.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Holmes County with improvements to county roads and buildings.
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate June 19 as.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for additional funding for crisis centers and outpatient services.
Appropriation; Holmes County Consolidated School District for expenses of consolidation.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Holmes County Consolidated School District with construction of a football stadium.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Budget of county sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector; remove certain obsolete reporting requirements concerning.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels.
Sexual harassment; create a state cause of action.
Mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age of 21 Act; create.
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court District.
Habitual offenders; revise regulations for.
Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.
City of Durant; authorize tourism tax on restaurants and alcoholic beverages.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery; designate the fish hatchery located in North Mississippi as.
Appropriation; Legislative expenses.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation: Child Protection Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; Attorney General.
Passed the House · 1
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
In committee · 27
Ban-the-Box Act; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as an initial bar to employment.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.
Civil Rights Memorial Day; designate the last Monday of April as.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create.
Indigenous Native American Day; declare the second Monday in October as.
Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.
Juneteenth; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi.
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Appropriation; DFA for making grants under the Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program.
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
Office of Independent State Hearing Officers; create to hear and decide matters for persons as alternative to agency hearing officers.
Licensed professional counselors; revise qualifications for licensure for applicants who meet certain requirements.
Minimum wage; establish at $8.50 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Small Business Bridge Loan Program; create.
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
Workers' compensation subrogation lien; revise reimbursement of when injured employee recovers from a third party.
Tort Noneconomic Damages Assessment Task Force; create.
Administrative office of courts; require to create misdemeanor intervention courts.
The Crown Act; create to include property sales.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.
Appropriation; IHL for support of certain agriculture research and extension programs at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL for enhancing STEM-related facilities and programs at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Alcorn State University Agriculture Research and Extension projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Alcorn State University projects.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain food.
Taxes; increase certain and use revenue to assist hospitals for uncompensated medical treatment services.