Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Timaka James-Jones
Sponsored
Became law2
Humphreys County; authorize a contribution to the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Humphreys County; authorize contributions to Belzoni, Louise and Isola for parks and recreation.
Passed the House3
Suffrage; restore to Chanty Williams of Coahoma County.
Suffrage; restore to Felisha Turner of DeSoto County.
Suffrage; restore to Lamar Sampson of Humphreys County.
In committee31
Yazoo Mississippi Delta Levee Board; revise per diem paid to board members.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for infrastructure and site development at Sharkey County Industrial Park.
Appropriation; Yazoo County for a drainage project.
Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations.
Jury duty; reinstate person's name to master list once voting rights restored upon satisfaction of all sentencing requirements.
Appropriation; Humphreys County for roadway, curb and gutter improvements in Westagate Subdivision.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Political communication; require to contain disclaimer if generated by artificial intelligence algorithms.
Pedestrian crosswalk or skybridge; conduct study to determine feasibility of constructing at Mississippi Valley State University.
Appropriation; Humphreys County to fund the development of a comprehensive plan to attract new business.
Appropriations; Humphreys County for countywide emergency alert system.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Anguilla in paying costs of construction of museum and visitor center.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Sharkey County and Town of Rolling Fork at assist in paying various disaster recovery costs.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Community Health and Wellness Center, Inc., health care facility renovations in Isola.
Bonds; authorize to assist Humphreys County in paying costs of roadway, curb and gutter improvements in Westgate Subdivision.
Appropriation; Humphreys County for construction of an emergency care unit.
Appropriation; Humphreys County for cost share needs associated with recovery prjects following 2023 tornado.
Appropriations; City of Belzoni to help defray operational costs and capital expenses.
Appropriation; Humphreys County for new sewer lagoon system in community of Midnight.
Appropriation; Belzoni Humphreys Development Foundation for repairs and restoration work at the Catfish Museum.
Appropriations; Humphreys County for matching funds for grant to construct additional pump station.
Appropriation; Humphreys County for shortfall in cost of new ambulance service agreement.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for local match funding for county emergency management agency for construction of certain facilities.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for making repairs and improvements to the County Courthouse.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for making improvements to county's emergency communications.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for Sheriff's Department to replace vehicles and equipment and relocate the department to a new facility.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for cost of rehabilitation and reconstruction of Sharkey-Issaquena County Hospital.
Appropriations; Humphreys County for infrastructure and site development at Humphreys County Industrial Park.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for establishing a regional housing recovery strategy.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for implementing business recovery activities and beginning site development for two pending businesses.
Appropriation; Sharkey County for local match funding to establish Sharkey County Center for Workforce Development.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
Opioid antagonists; authorize community organizations and others to receive and administer.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Failing schools; revise processes relating to being placed into a District of Transformation and abolishing the MS Achievement School District.
Passed the House · 1
"Property Cleanup Revolving Fund"; establish.
Out of committee · 1
The "Crown" Act; authorize to prohibit discrimination based on natural or protective hairstyles.
In committee · 20
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
State holiday; observe Robert E. Lee's birthday on the same day as Condederate Memorial Day.
Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; create.
Charter school payments; require school districts to pay local funds due on a monthly basis.
State Workforce Investment Board Executive Committee; revise makeup to require a person 35 or younger to serve as nonvoting member on.
Food Deserts; require State Department of Health to track in Mississippi.
MS Eminent Scholars Grant Program; increase maximum annual award amount.
MS Resident Tuition Assistance Grant; increase annual awards under.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
MS Emergency Drinking Water Network Act; create.
Public schools; require a brief period of quiet reflection at the opening of every school day.
Voter roll purge; require Secretary of State to post notice of each time the purge occurs.
Ad valorem tax; revise exemption for university, college, community or junior college foundation property.
Crimes of exposing another to contagious diseasesand endangerment by bodily substance; revise elements and penalties.
Broadband; revise the defintion of "equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies" for certain purposes.
Local governements; provide option to publish notices on their websites in addition to newspapers.
Mississippi Paid Family and Medical Leave Act; establish.
Fire trucks; require to be marked with blue lights in addition to red and white lights.
Appropriation; IHL for Jackson State University Campus Safety Project.