Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
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Became law1
City of Durant; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
Out of committee1
Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
In committee45
Budget of county sheriff, tax assessor and tax collector; remove certain obsolete reporting requirements concerning.
Counties; authorize to pay poll workers certain mileage.
Joint state-county work programs; require DOC to utilize under certain circumstances.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create an advisory board on industry standards.
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2024; create.
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create and authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for.
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low-income individuals for home repairs.
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
"Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate June 19 as.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons suspended for being out of compliance with order for support.
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Holmes County Consolidated School District with construction of a football stadium.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Holmes County with improvements to county roads and buildings.
Habitual offenders; revise regulations for.
Sexual harassment; create a state cause of action.
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.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age of 21 Act; create.
Legal holidays; increase number of days counties and municipalities may declare as in lieu of certain other holidays.
Juneteenth; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Appropriation; Holmes County Consolidated School District for expenses of consolidation.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2024"; create.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Medicaid; revise calculation of reimbursement for durable medical equipment (DME).
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.
PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years.
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court District.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new student housing building at Mississippi Valley State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation at Mississippi Valley State University.
Age of majority; revise.
Confederate flag; remove depictions of from the rotunda of the Mississippi State Capitol building.
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Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
Mississippi Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise composition of and provide with investigative authority.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Division warehouse; increase amount of revenue bonds authorized for and bailment fee authorized for paying debt service on bonds.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Out of committee · 2
The "Crown" Act; authorize to prohibit discrimination based on natural or protective hairstyles.
Emergency license and registration procedure when a state of emergency is declared; authorize counties and municipalities to establish.
In committee · 45
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
State holiday; observe Robert E. Lee's birthday on the same day as Condederate Memorial Day.
Cemeteries on private property; provide right of access to for certain persons.
Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board; revise per diem paid to board members.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University campuses.
Bonds; authorize issuance for agricultural facilities and infrastructure upgrades at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction a Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Math Center at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the David L. Whitney Arena Complex and Wellness Center at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Walter Washington Administration and Classroom Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the K.L. Simmons Technology Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize for Poultry Sciences Academic Research Center at Alcorn State University.
Electronic notary; clarify authority of the Secretary of State to regulate.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Hydroponics Research and Teaching Greenhouse at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University.
Income tax; allow credit for investments in qualified clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property.
Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors.
Medicaid and Human Services Transparency and Fraud Prevention Act; repeal.
ARPA Expenditures Ombudsman; establish to oversee all expenditures of ARPA funds.
Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs.
Appropriation; Department of Health to fund the MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Natchez with Concord Avenue drainage improvement project.
Appropriation; City of Natchez for Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project.
Habitual offender law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under.
"The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act"; enact.
Habitual offender law; authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more.
Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase monthly benefit amount for.
Minimum wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
TANF funds; require PEER Committee to review and evaluate performance outcomes of subcontracts and subgrants of.
Essential health care workers premium pay; Department of Health to create program with Coronavirus Recovery Funds.
MS Hospital Emergency Grant Program; create to provide grants to hospitals having financial difficulties.
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Medicaid; telehealth services provided by FQHCs, rural health clinics and community mental health centers reimbursed at same rate as face-to-face encounters.
Appropriation; MDA to provide funding to Alcorn State for expansion of research and production of shiitake mushrooms.
Charter school payments; require school districts to pay local funds due on a monthly basis.
State Workforce Investment Board Executive Committee; revise makeup to require a person 35 or younger to serve as nonvoting member on.
Housing of state offenders in regional facilities and county jails; increase amounts paid by DOC to counties for.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Medicaid; direct Division of Medicaid to apply for federal waivers to expand Medicaid eligibility.
Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations.
Jury duty; reinstate person's name to master list once voting rights restored upon satisfaction of all sentencing requirements.
Political communication; require to contain disclaimer if generated by artificial intelligence algorithms.
Licensure; revise reciprocity requirements for out-of-state attorneys.