Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Rickey Thompson
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Natural Resource Camp Pilot Program Act of 2023; establish for students in Lee and Monroe Counties.
In committee21
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Helping Hands Food Pantry in Tupelo with repair and renovation of building.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist municipalities of Verona, Plantersville and Shannon and Lee County with certain projects.
Appropriation; Lee and Monroe Counties for funding The National Resource Camp pilot program.
"Jennifer's Law"; enact to prohibit state and local agencies from establishing traffic ticket quotas.
Amiya Braxton; revise penalties when driver injures child who is exiting a school bus.
Appropriation; Lee County School District for reconstruction of Verona Elementary School.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Mississippi Minority Farmers Alliance with repair of building and parking lot.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Towns of Plantersville and Shannon with certain projects.
Charitable organizations; revise the registration renewal period of certain from every year to every 3 to 5 years, as determined by the SOS.
Driver's license; prescribe information to be included on and authorize discretionary inclusion of blood type.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Lee County with repair/replacement of a bridge.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Verona with site development related to the Old Town Crossing Project.
Appropriation; Okolona School District for construction of new elementary school.
First Circuit Court District; increase number of judges.
Appropriation; City of Verona for site development work for Old Town Crossing Project.
Justice court jurisdiction; revise amount for property.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new elementary school for the Okolona Municipal Separate School District.
Appropriation; City of Tupelo to develop a Class II rubbish site.
Appropriation; City of Tupelo to make upgrades to Mitchell Road to bring it up to city standards.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Tobacco education, prevention and cessation program; add fentanyl and drug abuse prevention education.
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Alcorn State University; update references to in code to reflect current name designation.
Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery; designate the fish hatchery located in North Mississippi as.
Passed the House · 1
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
In committee · 33
Testing strips for controlled substances; require Department of Health to provide free of charge.
Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers.
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
Ban-the-Box Act; create to prohibit public employers from using criminal history as an initial bar to employment.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Alfred Alleman VFW Post 2539 in Gulfport with improvements to Post building.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.
Civil Rights Memorial Day; designate the last Monday of April as.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create.
Indigenous Native American Day; declare the second Monday in October as.
Religious Freedom Act and Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act; repeal.
Juneteenth; designate as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi.
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
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.
IHL board; delete repealer on authority to oversee certain construction projects funded by state general obligation bonds.
Appropriation; IHL for research project on indoor production of medical marijuana at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; Town of Meadville for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.
Death Benefits Trust Fund; survivors of persons receiving federal death benefits shall automatically receive a payment from.
"Collegiate Computerized Educational Device (C-CompED) Act"; authorize public postsecondary educational institutions to purchase wireless communication devices for students.
PERS; new public safety employees may receive retirement allowance with 25 years of service.
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.
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.
Administrative office of courts; require to create misdemeanor intervention courts.
The Crown Act; create to include property sales.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.
Appropriation; IHL for support of certain agriculture research and extension programs at Alcorn State University.
Appropriation; IHL for enhancing STEM-related facilities and programs at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Alcorn State University Agriculture Research and Extension projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Alcorn State University projects.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain food.
Appropriation; UMMC in to support a medical residency program at North Mississippi Health Services in Tupelo.