Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, House.
Kevin Felsher
Sponsored
Became law4
State Commission on the 9-8-8 Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Response System; create.
Professional Counseling Compact; create.
Department of Marine Resources; revise acreage of bottom authorized to be leased by.
Harrison County; clarify hotel/motel tax for Coast Coliseum and Convention Center shall solely be applied to overnight room rentals.
Passed the House1
Scrap metal; revise various provisions that regulate.
Out of committee1
Department of Marine Resources; authorize to use any state institution of higher learning as a resource.
In committee3
Pilot Work Release Program; expand to give authority to Sheriff of Harrison County to establish.
Highways; revise Mississippi Highway 615 in Harrison County.
Youth court; authorize release of juveniles' names and addresses to certain school administrators when juveniles are charged with certain offenses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Tourism; establish programs for certain assistance, designate "One Mississippi" as contemporary music genre official State Song.
The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022"; create.
Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; include cause of death covered under First Responders Act of 2020.
Memorial highways; designate in Rankin County, Mississippi.
Nursing and Respiratory Therapy Education Incentive Program; create.
"Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (FAITH) Scholarship Program Act"; create.
Harrison County; authorize certain tax proceeds to be designated for use by Gulf Coast Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau or for tourism solely in.
Passed the House · 10
Nationally certified licensed school employees; delete caps on nurses and speech pathologists and add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Mississippi Architects and Engineers Good Samaritan Act; create.
Public records; exempt the booking information of certain mentally ill patients from.
Health insurance; revise mandated coverage for telemedicine services.
Alcoholic beverages; remove DOR from being wholesale distributor, authorize issuance of wholesaler's permits.
Rivers McGraw Mental Health Diversion Program; revise to create mental health treatment courts.
"Mississippi Health Care Workers Retention Act of 2022"; create.
Mental Awareness Program for School Act; enact to provide for mental health service providers and certain trauma-informed training.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Second Amendment Preservation Act; authorize with exclusion for universities and colleges.
In committee · 7
Retirement; create separate system for state and local law enforcement officers.
Physical therapists; delete requirement for physician referral before performing services.
"J.T. Williamson Act"; create to make texting while driving a misdemeanor.
Health insurers; authorize exemption from prior authorization requirements of for health care providers if certain criteria are met.
Mississippi Equal Pay Act; create.
Online betting, gaming and wagering; legalize under certain conditions.
Human Trafficking; provide a civil cause of action for participants or those who benefit from.