Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Carl Mickens
Sponsored
In committee8
Minimum wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Statewide Assessment Program; require the SBE to use ACT as summative assessment.
Conditions of probation; clarify that courts may provide certain treatment for veterans when placed on probation.
Fresh Start Act; revise certain portions of and authorize practice of medicine of dentistry after certain expungement.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements.
Embezzlement; revise the list of excluded crimes for expungement.
Noxubee County; authorize assessments on misdemeanor convictions and nonadjudications to repair county courthouse/county owned facilities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
State flag; shall be the design recommended by the Commission to Redesign the State Flag and approved in the November 2020 election.
"Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act"; create.
Passed the House · 4
Municipalities; authorize those of certain size to conduct special elections at one polling place.
State and Interstate highways; authorize Mississippi Transportation Commission and counties to contract for counties to maintain.
Inmate Welfare Fund; require DOC to expend unused portions of the fund on reentry purposes.
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create.
In committee · 5
Health insurance; require certain policies to provide coverage for physician-prescribed proton beam therapy.
Appropriation; Town of Artesia for making drainage improvements to alleviate sewer flooding.
Appropriation; City of Starkville for making Northside Drive drainage improvements.
Income tax; revise definition of gross income to exclude income of certain small businesses.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.