Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Carolyn Crawford
Sponsored
Passed the House1
"Universal Changing Tables Installation Incentive Grant Program Act"; establish to be administered by Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services.
In committee22
Indigenous Peoples' Day; declare second Monday in October as a day of observance.
Corporal punishment; require school districts that allow to adopt a policy allowing parents to opt in.
Municipalities; prohibit from receiving certain funds if police department is defunded.
Teacher and administrator license; deny or revoke for those who physically abuse a student.
Face masks; prohibit public schools and universities and colleges from requiring students to wear.
School attendance officers; require to receive training on IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Mississippi Code; modernize terminology by replacing "mentally retarded" with "intellectual disability".
State park fee; authorize MDWFP to provide discount to senior citizens age 65 and older.
Sexual battery; remove statute of limitations for prosecution of crime of.
Hunting and fishing license; authorize Native Americans to receive free of charge upon providing a tribal identification card.
Video surveillance cameras; require in certain areas of school facilities for protection of exceptional children.
Agencies, departments and institutions; require each to post organizational structure on official websites of.
Student absenteeism; excuse those related to a student's disability.
COVID-19; require notice to family when death may have been caused by vaccine and authorize autopsy.
State Health Officers; bring forward section providing for appointment of and qualifications for the office.
State Health Officer; require certain orders issued by to be approved by the Governor.
Ivermectin; authorize pharmacists to provide to adults pursuant to collaborative pharmacy practice agreement.
Licensing boards; prohibit from disciplinary or threatening discipline of health care providers for exercising free speech rights.
COVID-19 vaccines; require Attorney General to investigate pharmaceutical companies' promotion and distribution.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Immunization and vaccination of preventable disease requirements for school children; exempt based on religious tenets.
Vaccine exemption; authorize for religious, philosophical or conscientious reasons.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Foreign governments; prohibit sale of agricultural lands to.
Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of.
Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act; create.
Passed the House · 7
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
Disabled veterans motor vehicle license tags; revise certain provisions regarding disability rating.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility beginning with kindergarten.
EMS Memorial; Health Dept. shall design and construct to honor EMS personnel who died in line of duty.
Wastewater and sewage; authorize MDEQ to fine any municipality or county for improper disposal of.
Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program; create.
Assistant teacher salaries; prohibit school districts from using any state-funded increase to substitute the local contribution.
In committee · 2
One Lake flood control project; prohibit the Rankin-Hinds Pearl River Flood and Drainage Control District from implementing.
Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of.