Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Omeria Scott
Sponsored
In committee104
Counties and municipalities; authorize establishment of summer youth work programs.
Parolees who participate in faith-based or faith-based sponsored activities; authorize reduction of time spent on probation.
Earned-discharge credits; authorize offenders on probation/parole to earn for participation in faith-based activities.
Workers' compensation; revise amount allowed for disability or death cases.
Mental health; require DMH to convert unused IDD beds to be used for alcohol and drug use services.
CON; authorize for nursing home in Jones County.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
SNAP and TANF recipients; require those unemployed to take Test of Adult Basic Education.
DHS; develop process to ensure that subgrantees reflect the demographic makeup of the eligible population for the grants.
Healthcare Coordinating Council; reconstitute and require to make report on specific health goals for the state.
Children's Advocacy Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
Health and human services agencies; require to prepare video with nutrition and healthy eating information for benefit recipients.
The Crown Act; create to include property sales.
Mississippi Fair Housing Act; create.
Patent confirmation process; fees and costs associated with shall not be more than amount for which the land was purchased.
Juneteenth National Independence Day; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi.
Mississippi Development Authority; require to conduct review of infrastructures in counties with high rates of poverty.
"Ban-the-Box Act"; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as a bar to employment.
Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature.
Blank space on ballots; remove and provide supplementary ballot if a candidate is removed from race after ballots are printed.
Same-day voter registration; authorize.
Early voting; authorize.
Municipal election commissioners; revise appointments of.
Online voter registration; authorize for first-time registrants.
Resolution board; revise time allowed to count certain absentee ballots.
Absentee ballots; authorize executive committees to process for primary elections.
Sales tax; exempt certain retail sales of electronic devices/educational software and sales of feminine hygiene products.
Sales tax; exempt on retail sales of certain electronic devices.
School districts; require certain policies and alternative curriculum for those with the three lowest accountability ratings.
Elementary professional school counselors; allocate funds under Mississippi Adequate Education Program for.
Comprehensive sex education; require teaching of in Grades K-12.
First grade enrollment; allow child who turns six on or before December 31 to start at beginning of that school year.
Eleventh Grade students; require to take GED or High School Equivalency Test for senior early release privilege eligibility.
Compulsory school attendance; require youth court petition after third unlawful absence and authorize community service for violations.
Early Commitment to College Program; establish in schools and districts assigned an "F" accountability rating.
Dropout Prevention and Student Re-engagement Act; create.
Social workers; provide in schools having high incidences of crime and via video conferencing means.
School curriculum; require students to receive additional instruction in healthy living.
College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create for administration of pre-ACT assessments in public schools.
Prekindergarten; require State Department of Education to create the "ABC Program" to provide instruction via Internet.
"Dream Makers Program"; create as an after-school program for students in Grades 7 and 8.
"Mississippi Save Our Children Act"; create.
Homework; require teachers to incorporate daily and weekly assignments into their curriculum.
College and Career Readiness Planning Program; create.
Vision 2030: An Education Blueprint for Two Thousand Thirty; create.
Mathematic and science instruction; enhance through new middle school programs.
Hope Program; establish and develop system to re-enroll high school dropouts in programs leading to a high school diploma.
Summer Youth Training Employment Program; authorize school districts to establish.
Mississippi High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2024; create.
"Mississippi Senior Cadets Program"; require State Department of Education to establish.
"Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program"; create under State Department of Education.
School curriculum; require teaching of certain high school subjects in "C", "D" and "F" rated districts.
School attendance; require for children unable to score a 21 or higher on ACT until the child reaches 18 years of age.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Marijuana possession; provide civil penalty for.
Misdemeanors; revise age of expungement for.
Expungement; revise age for misdemeanor crimes for.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all of the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Delinquency of a minor; include causing a child to violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Law as.
Subsequent offense; revise how a first offense is calculated.
State employees; provide for pay raise based on the amount of their annual salaries.
Children's Resource Commission; create to coordinate and streamline the state's efforts to provide services to children.
Assistant teachers; provide annual salary supplement to those in "C", "D" and "F" school districts.
Appropriation; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for increasing alcohol and drug rehabilitation beds and crisis intervention teams.
Appropriation; Department of Health for upgrades and improvements to infrastructure at county health departments.
State Board of Education; require to develop curriculum and implement programs of conflict resolution.
Appropriation; Health Department to provide funding to federally qualified health centers.
Appropriation; employment security for funding summer youth employment programs.
Community and junior colleges; waive all tuition and costs for graduates of Mississippi high schools.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.
"Health Careers Academy"; create for students in Grades 9 through 12.
Professional School Counselors Pilot Program; establish in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or violence.
"2024 Mississippi Youthbuild Pilot Program Act"; create with programs at Coahoma and Jones County Community Colleges.
Assistant Teacher Salary Waiver Grant Program; create to help assistant teachers become licensed.
IHL; continue annual deposits into Ayers Settlement Fund for 10 years and end reductions to Ayers Endowment Trust.
Teacher salaries; authorize supplement for teachers in critical shortage subject areas in "D" and "F" school districts.
Former Collegiate Athlete Scholarship Program; create to attract former athletes back to school for teaching degree.
DHS; direct to reinstate program of providing meals to older individuals in community setting.
Motivating Parents and Children (M.P.A.C.) Pilot Program; establish within the State Department of Education.
Teacher salary supplement; provide to those with five or more years experience in successful districts willing to relocate to an "F" designated school.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Highway privilege tax on buses and carriers of property; authorize distribution to cities and towns for roads and bridges.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2024"; create.
Rural hospital transfer to major hospital; prescribe certain conditions on such transfer when doctor deems medically necessary.
African American Resident Physician Scholarship Program; establish.
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" districts with additional positions.
Certificate of need; direct issuance for an existing ambulatory surgical center.
Mississippi Tele-emergency Services Grant Program; create.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Division of Medicaid; apply for waivers to eliminate waiting period for certain services.
Medicaid eligibility; provide coverage of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Medicaid; provide increased reimbursement rate for hospitals in counties with high unemployment and doctor shortage.
Specialty Doctors to Rural Hospitals Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility.
Legal holidays; designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Municipal executive committee; revise procedure for filing vacancies of.
Voting rights; restore to people who have been released from incarceration.
Municipal executive committee; prohibit members of from campaigning for candidates on the municipal primary election ballot.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons suspended for being out of compliance with order for support.
Marijuana; civil penalty for simple possession of 30 grams or less.
"African-American Male Success Academy"; require State Dept. of Ed. to establish to cultivate diversity of social skills and academic success.
STEM Pilot Program; require SDE to create in certain school districts for students in Grades 4-8.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Appropriation: Child Protection Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Cosmetology and Barbering, Board of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Fire Academy.
Appropriation; Insurance, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Passed the House · 2
Medicaid; seek federal waiver for plan to allow Medicaid coverage for persons described in the federal Affordable Care Act.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Out of committee · 2
The "Crown" Act; authorize to prohibit discrimination based on natural or protective hairstyles.
Prior authorization; impose certain requirements on health insurance issuers regarding.
In committee · 6
Electronic notary; clarify authority of the Secretary of State to regulate.
Early voting; authorize.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
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.