Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, House.
Jill Ford
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Sales tax; exempt sales of coins, currency and bullion.
Out of committee1
Crime Victims' Compensation Fund; revise guidelines for payment from.
In committee20
Income tax: authorize a credit for certain blood donations.
Career and technical education; revise curriculum, instructor license requirements and certain assessments.
"J.T. Williamson Act"; create to make texting while driving a misdemeanor.
State Institutions of Higher Learning; authorize six-year contracts for teaching staff and administrative employees.
Illegal drug transfers; provide enhanced penalty when drug transfer is proximate cause of death.
Door-to-door solicitors; prohibit from soliciting a residence where a sign is displayed indicating that a resident does not wish to be solicited.
Appropriation; DPS for funding the Forensics Laboratory and State Medical Examiner.
Statutory rape and sexual assault; revise penalties.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property to certain nonprofit organizations that provide guide and service dogs to people with disabilities.
Hospitals and institutions for the aged or infirm; prohibit policies, subject to safety requirements, limiting visitation.
Mississippi Smoke-free Air Act; create.
Price gouging; create exemption for producers, growers, or processors of food products.
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Compassion Act; create.
Juvenile offenders; authorize alternative sentencing and parole options for.
"Back to Work Mississippi Act"; create.
"MS School Safety Act of 2001"; revise to require school districts to implement safety procedures for computers and electronic devices.
Law Enforcement Supplemental Pay Program; create.
"Seizure Safe Schools Act"; establish.
Income tax; revise definition of gross income and authorize deduction for certain expenses.
City of Madison; authorize to transfer properties and make other agreements with Madison Square Redevelopment Authority.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Anatomical gifts; prohibit discrimination against recipient based on disability.
The "Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022"; create.
Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022; create.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
"Parker's Law"; create crime of "fentanyl delivery resulting in death".
The Victoria Huggins Mississippi Pill Press 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.
"Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (FAITH) Scholarship Program Act"; create.
Passed the House · 11
The Sexual Assault Response for College Students Act; create.
Fleeing law enforcement; increase penalties for the crime of.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise various provisions of.
"Mississippi Health Care Workers Retention Act of 2022"; create.
Autopsies; create "Jenna's Law" to require autopsies to include inquiring about whether death was result of seizure or epilepsy.
Hunting and fishing; allow online applicants for a license to elect to be an organ donor.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
The Sexual Assault Survivors' DNA Bill of Rights; create.
Incarcerated offenders; prohibit from petitioning to change name and/or gender.
Highway Patrol and MBN officers; increase salaries of.
Highway Patrol officers and Narcotics Bureau officers; revise the salaries of.
Out of committee · 2
Sheriffs; authorize to deputize tribal law enforcement officers under certain circumstances.
Reckless endangerment; create the crime of.
In committee · 12
Income tax; automatically extend time for filing tax returns when IRS extends time due to emergency/disaster.
Casino winnings; provide procedures for intercept of child support arrearages.
Mississippi Equal Pay Act; create.
Lease agreements; authorize for persons under 21 to enter binding contracts for.
First Responders Health and Safety Act; revise to provide that the cancer benefits will be paid by the state and not insurance policies.
3rd Grade Reading Assessment; waive requirement for Level 3 score for promotion to Grade 4 during the 2021-2022 school year.
Election crimes; revise the penalties for certain.
Unconstitutional acts of federal government; prohibit state agency or political subdivision of the state from cooperating with a federal agency in implementing any.
Vaccinations; require employers that mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees to provide exemption process.
Vaccinations; prohibit state and local agencies and officials from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations.
"Social Media Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency Act of 2022"; enact.
Homestead exemption; increase for law enforcement officers.