Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Gene Newman
Sponsored
Became law2
Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create to regulate cosmetology and barber professions.
Shoplifting; revise penalties for crime of.
Passed the House1
"Dignity and Safety for Incarcerated Women Act"; enact.
Out of committee2
Elected official; prohibit from holding more than one elected office at the same time.
Driver's license; restore ability to suspend for certain traffic violations.
In committee16
Abortion; prohibit advertisement for.
Texting while driving; change from civil to traffic violation and increase penalty.
Board of Cosmetology; extend date of repealer and make technical changes to licensure law.
Alternative-fuel fueling station; impose tax on motor vehicles charged at.
Bonds; authorize issuance for traffic signal at intersection of East Metro Parkway and El Dorado Road in Pearl.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with improvements to city hall.
Sales tax; withhold diversion to a municipality that violates state law.
PERS; certain law enforcement officers and firefighters shall receive one year of creditable service for every five years of service in Mississippi.
PERS; law enforcement officers and firefighters will vest after 4 years of membership regardless of the date they became members.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputies to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with construction of a bridge.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Pearl with U.S. Highway 80 lighting project.
"Safe Dormitories Act"; establish.
Public utilities; require owners or operators of to be responsible for maintaining underground lines up to the meter.
Appropriation; City of Pearl for improvements to portion of U.S. Highway 80 as part of city's lighting project.
Appropriation; MDOT for construction of a traffic signal at an intersection in the City of Pearl.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Homestead exemption; increase for honorably discharged veterans 90 years of age or older.
Passed the House · 1
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create to prohibit acquisition of forestry and agricultural lands.
In committee · 9
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Squatted vehicles; prohibit modification to motor vehicles which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender.
Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
MS Emergency Drinking Water Network Act; create.
PERS Board; require to make investment decisions with sole purpose of maximizing returns.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require notice of proposed rule to include cost.
Second Amendment Preservation Act; authorize to protect rights to firearms.
Rankin County Stormwater Management Agency; authorize the establishment of.