Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, House.
Robert L. Johnson III
Sponsored
In committee21
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by and revise who can be appointed to child care advisory council by State Health Officer.
Medicaid; revise reimbursement for telehealth services provided by FQHCs and community health centers.
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenses and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates.
Child care facilities; require licensing agency to disclose names of persons filing complaints against.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors.
Habitual offender law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under.
Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Habitual offender law; authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more.
Minimum Wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
DOC; convert restitution centers to post-release reentry centers.
Use of restitution centers by DOC; repeal and convert centers into post-release reentry centers.
Corrections Inspection Council; establish.
Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
State agencies; prohibit disclosure of identifying information received from program applicants.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist enterprises operating certain hydroponic facilities.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Adams County with completion of the Belwood Levee.
Appropriations; Department of Health for COVID-19 expenses and related matters.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
State flag; shall be the design recommended by the Commission to Redesign the State Flag and approved in the November 2020 election.
Memorial highways; designate.
In committee · 10
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Scenic Rivers Development Alliance with land acquisition and certain projects.
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
Employment of full time legal counsel as a county employee; authorize for Adams County.
First Responders and Essential Workers Incentive Program; authorize counties and municipalities to create.
Community and junior colleges; expand workforce development partnerships.
Civics; require State Board of Education to develop curriculum for public middle and high school students.
The Crown Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health for additional funding for community health centers to expand outpatient services for former inmates.
Income tax; revise definition of gross income to exclude income of certain small businesses.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.