Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Zakiya Summers
Sponsored
Passed the House4
State identification for homeless persons; authorize.
Suffrage; restore to Gerald Laird of Jefferson Davis County.
Suffrage; restore to Rahmond Williams of Hinds County.
Suffrage; restore to Cornelius Clayton of Monroe County.
In committee25
Voter registration application; require to be processed within ten days of deadline and give applicant opportunity to cure.
No-excuse absentee voting; authorize for any qualified voter who votes in person at the office of the registrar.
No-knock warrants; prohibit issuance of.
Death penalty executions; remove firing squad as an option.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create.
Appropriations; Hinds County for purchase of video cameras.
Online voter registration; authorize and establish the process for.
Early voting; authorize for 21 days before the election.
Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products.
Appropriation; Jackson Resource Center for making infrastructure improvements.
Appropriation; Alliance School for Workforce Development for repair and improvements to its facilities.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Jackson Resource Center for homeless individuals with infrastructure improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Alliance School for Workforce Development with repair of building.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal child income tax credit.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Refill Jackson Initiative with updating facilities and offering additional training opportunities.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Amiable Arts Foundation with increasing access to performing arts instruction for students.
Appropriation; Refill Jackson Initiative for updating facilities and offering additional training opportunities.
Appropriation; Amiable Arts Foundation for increasing access to performing arts instruction for students.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repairs, renovations and exhibit upgrades at the Jackson Zoo.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for making improvements at the Jackson Zoo.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for improvements to VA Legion Sports Complex, Jayne Avenue Park and Battlefield Park.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with park improvements.
Suffrage; restore to Cleveland Stallworth of Jackson County.
Suffrage; restore to Marcus Jackson of Hinds County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Television series production; provide incentives for certain.
Early Learning Collaborative; increase minimum funding levels for full-day and half-day programs.
Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery; designate the fish hatchery located in North Mississippi as.
School districts; authorize to provide feminine hygiene products for female students in Grades 6-12.
Passed the House · 13
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in.
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
Municipalities; authorize waiver of liens, under certain circumstances, for costs associated with cleaning menaced property.
Poll managers; increase the compensation of.
"Property Clean up Revolving Fund"; establish.
"William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program"; revise to expand eligibility.
Office of Workforce Development; revise funding mechanism for and create Mississippi K-12 Workforce Development Grant Program.
Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program; create.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training.
Community schools; authorize implementation under the administration of a district innovation.
Mississippi Dual Credit Scholarship Program; create.
MAEP; determine cost of using Average Daily Membership (ADM) in lieu of ADA with 90% threshold attendance trigger.
Out of committee · 5
National Board certified teachers; provide $4,000 annual salary supplement for those employed in areas designated as geographically critical teacher shortage areas.
County boards of supervisors; authorize to make contributions to community participants of the MS Main Street program.
SkillPath 2030 Program; authorize Office of Workforce Development to create pilot program for.
Mississippi Youth Career and Workforce Preparation Grant Program; create.
Teachers; provide $2,000 annual salary supplement to those employed in designated geographically critical teacher shortage area.
In committee · 48
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Charter schools; require MAEP funds to be transferred to student's home school district when student disenrolls.
Secretary of State; require to provide election officials training on disenfranchising crimes.
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low-income individuals for home repairs.
Corporal punishment; prohibit in public and charter schools.
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum.
Appropriation; IHL for Jackson State University for student housing and dormitories.
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.
School attendance officers; provide formula for allocating funds for the employment of and increase minimum base salary of.
Early Learning Collaboratives; expand to provide in every school district by the start of the 2027-2028 school year.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; authorize demolition of slum and blighted properties located within.
Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates.
Community and junior colleges; expand workforce development partnerships.
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Motor vehicle police pursuit policies; require police and sheriffs' departments to develop and implement.
Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
PERS; conduct study on feasibility of allowing retired teachers to continue to work full-time and receive full retirement allowance.
Abortion; repeal statutes prohibiting after 15 weeks' gestation and after detection of fetal heartbeat.
Abortion; repeal prohibition of.
Breastfeeding; authorize distribution of statewide info to support breastfeeding in public places.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; revise to include Boling Street.
Sales Tax; exempt retail sales of baby/toddler clothing, diapers, diaper bags and rash cream and baby wipes.
Administrative office of courts; require to create misdemeanor intervention courts.
Appropriation; DFA for certain projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with removal and demolition of certain dilapidated and blighted properties.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist JSU with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a park.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making repairs and improvements to water and sewer systems.
The Crown Act; create to include property sales.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a stadium on or near the campus of Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a parking lot for the Jackson Convention Center.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; require 10% of funds be used to compensate City of Jackson for police and fire protection.
Abortion; provide for statewide referendum on question of prohibiting abortions in Mississippi.
Body-worn cameras; prohibit law enforcement from recreating past activities with.
Appropriation; Hinds County for repair of the Jackson Detention Center.
Appropriation; City of Jackson to construct a parking lot for the Jackson Convention Center.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain food.
Appropriation; DPS for purchasing body-worn cameras for all Capitol Police officers.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for acquisition demolition and/or removal of blighted properties.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a new Fire Station 5.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for purchasing advanced crime reduction technology for police department.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for making repairs to the West Bank Interceptor of the city's sewer system.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with renovating the Russell C. Davis Planetarium.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Jackson Municipal Airport Authority with construction of an emergency access road at Hawkins Field.
Appropriation; Jackson Municipal Airport Authority for emergency access road connecting Hawkins Field with City of Jackson Fire Station 20.