Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
John G. Faulkner
Sponsored
In committee8
Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; include municipal natural gas facilities.
Appropriation; City of Holly Springs for widening a road for the Springs Industrial Park.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with improvements to Mississippi Highway 178.
Income tax; authorize credit for employers of convicted felons, prohibit certain criminal record/history checks.
Elections; establish procedure for automatic registration of voters.
Spouse and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at postsecondary institutions.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with repair and renovation of the Rosenwald School in Marshall County.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Holly Springs with construction of a wellness and aquatics center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Appropriation; additional to Health Department for Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program, ARPA funds.
Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty; clarify that beneficiaries may receive sidearm of.
Local Provider Innovation Grant Program; revise certain provisions of.
Length of Service Award Program; authorize for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters.
Department of Public Safety; revise various provisions.
Qualified Health Center Grant Program; clarify that amount specified for grants under is minimum amount to be issued.
Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery; designate the fish hatchery located in North Mississippi as.
Benton County; authorize to contract with and/or contribute to the Institute of Community Services, Inc.
Passed the House · 11
Appropriation; Health Department for Local Provider Innovation Grant Program.
Health Care Impact Grant Program; establish to provide grants to hospitals and nursing facilities.
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
Disabled veterans motor vehicle license tags; revise certain provisions regarding disability rating.
Renaissance Assistance Program to Initiate Development; create to assist small businesses.
Occupational licensing; revise certain provisions relating to members of the military to include veterans.
County boards of supervisors; authorize donations to MS Main Street programs and civil rights memorials.
Retirement; allow certain members of PERS to purchase up to three years of creditable service.
Counties and municipalities; authorize to enter into certain agreement when utilizing certain federal funds.
Municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area to be completed within three years of annexation decree.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; increase the amount of tax credits that can be allocated under.
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Appropriation; Marshall County for completing the Potts Camp Railroad Bridge and Bypass Project.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Byhalia with infrastructure improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Marshall County in improving Barringer Road for Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park access.
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.
U.S. Highway 49/49E/49W; designate segment from Hinds County to Coahoma County as an historic memorial blues highway.
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school.
Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students.
Vocational and home economics; require curriculum for all middle, high and alternative school students.
Department of Mental Health and community health centers; expand outpatient services for certain formerly incarcerated state inmates.
Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
Appropriation; City of Byhalia for relocation of certain utilities and making street paving improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Byhalia with relocation of utilities and street paving.
Bonds; authorize to assist Marshall County with construction of emergency response center to serve Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park.
Administrative office of courts; require to create misdemeanor intervention courts.
Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities and create diversion to counties.
The Crown Act; create to include property sales.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act and under CHIP.
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of certain food.