Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Becky Currie
Sponsored
Became law3
Sidearm of retired or deceased law enforcement officer; provide that the employing agency shall determine the amount.
State Parole Board; require to solicit recommendations from and provide notification to certain individuals before parole hearing.
Deficit appropriations; revise process for state agencies to avoid the need for. (PEER bill).
Passed the House3
Physical therapists; revise circumstances and criteria under which they may implement treatment without a referral.
Presumption of death; create for missing persons who have undergone a catastrophic event causing imminent peril.
Dietician Licensure Compact; create.
Out of committee3
Department of Corrections; authorize to create a statewide work release program at facilities that house state inmates.
Department of Corrections; require to procure data collection and reporting system for certain prison, probation and post release info.
Post-Release Reentry Services Pilot Program; authorize the establishment of.
In committee38
Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy.
State Health Plan; provide coverage for prosthetic teeth and dental implants for children with oligodontia.
Health Insurance policies; require coverage of certain examinations primarly related to women's health.
County health departments; require nurse practitioner to be present weekly to provide contraceptive supplies.
Physical therapists; require referral for services to remain valid for one year.
Child support for pregnant women; provide authority to allow court to order.
Physical therapists; revise circumstances and criteria under which they may implement treatment without a referral.
State-supported postsecondary educational inistitutions; prohibit spending on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barbering; merge into one board.
Unauthorized aliens; penalize transport into state by any person and prohibit forgery of documents.
Health plans; prohibit from imposing fees on health care providers for electronic fund transfers.
Mississippi Act WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Scholarship Program; create.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if federal law is amended to allow it.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to 5th squad.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to the Lincoln Civic Center Foundation.
Immigrants; prohibit Mississippi agencies from assisting federal agencies transporting into Mississippi.
PEER; change reporting requirement on charter schools from annually to biennially.
Public special purpose schools; exempt from certain audit requirements.
School boards; prohibit from adopting policies requiring students to conceal identity of outside commercial food and beverages.
"Mississippi Agricultural Land Protection and Foreign Acquisition Prohibition Act"; establish to prohibit sales of ag lands to foreign.
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise composition of and transfer powers of Veterans' Home Purchase Board to.
Appropriation; Copiah County for expanding broadband services to unserved areas within the county.
Tim Tebow act; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities.
PEER Committee; require impact reviews on school district efficiency and operations reports.
Retirement; PERS and SLRP members convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution is made.
Canadian Prescription Drugs Importation Program; require State Department of Health to establish.
Fentanyl delivery resulting in death; remove "knowledge" requirement. (PEER bill).
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; require study of by MDE to include certain effects.(PEER bill).
ABC Warehouse Construction Fund; prohibit expenditure of monies from until cost of project is determined.(PEER bill).
Annual supplement that may be added to salaries of sheriffs; remove cap on.
Child custody; create rebuttable presumption that equal (50-50) joint custody is in best interest of the child.
Central bank digital currency; restrict use of in Mississippi.
School counselors; exclude from ASCA requirements.
Department of Revenue; require to provide an interactive taxpayer receipt web-based application on its website.
Advance practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions relating to, including the collaborative agreement requirement.
Civil commitment; respondent in county with a crisis stabilization unit shall be taken to and retained there if bed is available.
Prescriptions drugs; prohibit licensing boards from prohibiting practitioners from prescribing for off-label use.
Appropriations; Lincolon County School District for Agriculture Certification testing for students.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
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 · 1
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
In committee · 9
Hunting and fishing; reduce license fees for certain disabled veterans.
Electronic notary; clarify authority of the Secretary of State to regulate.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Contracts; noncompete provisions in health care provider contracts are void and unenforceable.
Residential builders and remodelers; revise license examination for certain license applicants.
Jury duty; exempt members of the Legislature from.
Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Historical monuments; counties and municipalities fined $10,000 per month for certain violations regarding.