Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Larry Byrd
Sponsored
Passed the House2
Rural Fire truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Professional music therapists; provide for licensure by State Department of Health.
Out of committee1
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility beginning with kindergarten.
In committee20
Sales tax; reduce rate on retail sales of motorcycles.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain business personal property from.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new Career and Technical Education building at Forrest County Agricultural High School.
Ballot box; prohibit the opening of and counting of votes until all of the polling places have closed.
Dyslexia screenings; reimburse parents and school districts for comprehensive psycho-educational evaluations.
ESA; authorize use of a diagnosis of dyslexia as a qualifer to determine eligibility for receipt of.
"Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act"; revise definition of "eligible student" and "eligible school."
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Dynamic Dyslexia Design; The 3-D School and Evauation Center with construction of a new building.
Ad valorem tax; revise exemption for university, college, community or junior college foundation property.
Conditions for state offenders to serve sentences in county jails; delete repealer on.
Public purchasing law; revise to increase the threshold required for competitive purchasing on certain purchases.
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Petal with wastewater infrastructure improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Petal with improvements to Chappell Hill Road.
Appropriation; City of Petal for repairs and improvements to Chappell Hill Road.
Appropriation; City of Petal for wastewater infrastructure improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Forrest County with purchasing fire trucks for volunteer fire departments in the county.
Appropriation; Forrest County to purchase fire trucks for volunteer fire departments.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
Homestead exemption; revise time within which certain homeowners may apply for.
"Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act"; establish to protect minors from harmful content.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Homestead exemption; increase for honorably discharged veterans 90 years of age or older.
Passed the House · 2
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create to prohibit acquisition of forestry and agricultural lands.
Mississippi Women's Bill of Rights; create.
Out of committee · 2
Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.
Emergency license and registration procedure when a state of emergency is declared; authorize counties and municipalities to establish.
In committee · 7
Gender dysphoria; require school personnel to notify parents of student who request to be referred to as different gender or nonhuman.
Appropriation; Three Rivers Planning and Development District to assist Three Rivers High Availability Disaster Recovery Project.
Squatted vehicles; prohibit modification to motor vehicles which raise front fender a certain height above the rear fender.
Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require notice of proposed rule to include cost.
Fire trucks; require to be marked with blue lights in addition to red and white lights.