Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, House.
Robert L. Johnson III
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Natchez and Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Incorporated.
In committee25
Minimum Wage; establish at $10.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Appropriations; Department of Health for COVID-19 expenses and related matters.
Career pathways initiative; provide for development of to increase access to educational credentials for higher-paying jobs.
Corrections Inspection Council; establish.
Use of restitution centers by DOC; repeal and convert centers into post-release reentry centers.
DOC; convert restitution centers to post-release reentry centers.
Medicaid; telehealth services provided by FQHCs, rural health clinics and community mental health centers reimbursed at same rate as face-to-face encounters.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care teachers and directors.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers who claim a federal earned income tax credit.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by and revise who can be appointed to child care advisory council by State Health Officer.
Parole eligibility; revise for certain offenders and require Parole Board hearing before release of certain inmates.
Commutation of sentences; require for certain nonviolent offenders.
Mandatory 85% sentencing rule; repeal.
Habitual offender law; exclude drug and nonviolent offenses when computing prior offenses under.
Habitual offender law; authorize parole eligibility if offender served 10 years of a sentence of 40 years or more.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Medicaid; extend coverage for eligible women for 12 months postpartum.
"The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act"; enact.
Income tax; allow tax credit for investments in qualified clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property.
City of Natchez/Adams County; authorize contributions to Natchez, Inc.
ARPA Expenditures Ombudsman; establish to oversee all expenditures of ARPA funds.
Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create.
Appropriation; provide premium pay to essential health care workers through MSDH grants.
Appropriation; Jackson State University to build its own athletic stadium.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022"; create.
Memorial highways; designate in Rankin County, Mississippi.
"Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (FAITH) Scholarship Program Act"; create.
Appropriation; additional to DPS for the Mississippi Law Enforcement and Fire Fighters Premium Pay Program.
Passed the House · 1
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
In committee · 4
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a new Fire Station 5.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Alcorn State University with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Fayette with various projects.
Appropriation; IHL for constructing a football stadium for Jackson State University.