Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Kabir Karriem
Sponsored
Became law1
Suffrage; restore to Mary Smith Brandon of Lowndes County.
Vetoed1
Suffrage; restore to Lawrence Daniels of Lowndes County.
Passed the House1
Voting rights; restore for certain disqualifying crimes.
In committee17
State holiday; exclusively recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on the third Monday of January.
Disenfranchising crimes; clarify those that qualify as.
Expungement; authorize for all nonviolent crimes after five years.
Expungement; remove certain types of embezzlement from list of excluded crimes.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license for those suspended due to noncompliance with an order of support.
Body-worn cameras; require cities and counties to provide to police officers and deputy sheriffs.
Expungement; revise list of eligible crimes.
Driver's license; revise certain requirements and create certificate for driving.
Absentee ballots; revise those who are authorized to vote by.
African-American Studies and Racial Diversity; require SDE to develop curriculum for implementation in public high school.
High school curriculum; require SBE to develop for instruction in civics and home economics.
Minimum wage; establish at $15.00 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
State holiday; observe Robert E. Lee's birthday on the same day as Condederate Memorial Day.
Medicaid; suspend eligibility of incarcerated persons instead of terminating it.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal Affordable Care Act.
Youth Employment Grant Program; create.
Mississippi Development Authority; authorize to sell certain real property for less than fair market value.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
2024 First Extraordinary Session · Economic development; provide incentives for certain economic development projects.
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Living Donor Protection Act; create.
Passed the House · 2
Fresh Start Act; revise certain provisions of.
Medicaid; seek federal waiver for plan to allow Medicaid coverage for persons described in the federal Affordable Care Act.
Out of committee · 1
The "Crown" Act; authorize to prohibit discrimination based on natural or protective hairstyles.
In committee · 19
Mississippi Child Poverty Task Force; create.
Trust in Law Enforcement Act; require Department of Public Safety to create public database on officer misconduct.
Law enforcement agency; authorize to purchase equipment with certain proceeds.
Mississippi Students Voicing Opinions in Today's Elections (VOTE) Act; create.
Criminal justice system; prohibit discrimination by certain state and local governmental entities.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Victim Assistance Coordinator; authorize an additional coordinator for the Seventh Circuit Court District.
Regional correctional facilities; require Department of Corrections to utilize for housing of state offenders before utilizing private facilities.
Workforce training, certain; provide for nonviolent offenders in regional correctional facilities.
Starkville High School AP Government Class of 2019 Motor Voter Act; create to establish the procedure for the automatic registration of voters.
Wrongful conviction; remove limit on damages when court finds.
Nonviolent offenders, certain; require Department of Corrections to house within a 100 mile radius of offenders' release residences.
Practice of medicine or dentistry; allow persons convicted of certain crimes to practice after license reinstatement.
Federal funds; Governor can not return to federal government as long as there is still a demonstrable need for those funds in Mississippi.
Voting rights; restore to all felons after satisfying all of the sentencing requirements of the conviction.
Appropriation; Lowndes County for construction of a fitness facility at Lowndes County Sportsplex.
Appropriation; Lowndes County for making improvements to the county adult detention center.
Appropriation; Lowndes County for extension of sewer services to an area in South Lowndes County.
Lowndes County; increase amount that may be contributed annually to United Way.