Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, House.
Lester Carpenter
Sponsored
Became law4
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise provisions regarding processing of claims.
Veterans cemeteries; authorize interments in under federal Burial Equity for Guards and Reserves Act.
Homestead exemption; revise time within which certain homeowners may apply for.
DPS; authorize inspectors to assist other officers.
Passed the House3
Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program; create.
Counties; authorize to only maintain electronic format of law books in county courtrooms and public county law libraries.
Ambulance service providers; provide for minimum rate of reimbursement under any policy of accident and sickness insurance.
Out of committee1
Memorial bridges; designate bridges on U.S. Hwy 72 in Alcorn County, near Burnsville, MS, as the "Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Bridges."
In committee28
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise composition of.
EMS Memorial; Health Department shall design and construct to honor EMS personnel who died in line of duty.
Radar; authorize DPS to authorize CTED law enforcement officers to use on public roadways for commercial vehicles.
Child passenger restraint devices; provide that noncompliance with requirement of shall constitute a primary traffic violation.
Election commissioners; remove petition requirement to qualify to run for office.
Appropriation; Department of Employment Security for funding Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Grant Program.
Legislative compensation schedule; revise.
PERS; new public safety employees may receive retirement allowance with 25 years of service.
Aldermen and councilmen; increase the maximum amount of surety bond that may be given by.
Public schools; allow to employ or accept the service of chaplains.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; revise to remove eight rounds requirement.
MS Management and Reporting System Revolving Fund; require administration to report purchasing needs to legislative committees.
Unemployment compensation benefits; revise duration of.
Counties; authorize to choose not to be subject to requirement for permitting as a condition to construction.
Open Meetings Law; authorize court to void certain actions taken in violation of.
Trauma care system; increase certain assessments and fees to fund.
Veterans benefits and services; require certain employers to display poster created and distributed by State Veterans Affairs Board regarding.
Ambulance services; provide for payment for treatment in place and provide for minimum reimbursement rate in health insurance policies.
Ambulance services; health insurance policies shall cover treatment of enrollees in place and transporting to an alternate destination.
Donation of leave by school employees; include certain pregnancy related complications as eligible conditions for.
Mississippi Bullion Depository; establish.
Mississippi Bullion Depository; establish and authorize fractional reserve currency.
Appropriation; State Veterans Affairs Board for interment of certain persons in the veterans cemeteries.
Appropriation; Town of Glen to renovate its properties and facilities.
Appropriations; Tishomingo County for repairs and improvements to the Tishomingo Fire Department.
Appropriation; City of Farmington to upgrade and renovate Farmington City Park.
Appropriation; Town of Burnsville to pay for costs associated with renovations and repair to the Burnsville Multipurpose Complex.
Appropriation; Alcorn County to purchase turnout gear for the Alcorn County Fire Department.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
2024 Second Extraordinary Session · Project Atlas Fund; create.
Tuskegee Airmen Day; designate the fourth Thursday in March.
EMS Memorial; Health Dept. shall design and construct to honor EMS personnel who died in line of duty.
The Dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program; establish.
Grain graders; provide process for certification of.
Homestead exemption; increase for honorably discharged veterans 90 years of age or older.
Ambulance services; provide for payment for treatment in place and provide for minimum reimbursement rate in health insurance policies.
Law enforcement and certain first responders killed in line of duty; authorize payment to family up to 30 days.
Passed the House · 5
Rural Fire truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Sales tax; deposit portion of revenue into the Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund.
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create to prohibit acquisition of forestry and agricultural lands.
Mississippi Wild Turkey Stamp; establish.
Nonprofit Agricultural Membership Organizations; exempt from insurance regulation.
In committee · 13
Hunting and fishing; reduce license fees for certain disabled veterans.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
Sale of game animals; prohibit unless permitted by an act of the Legislature.
Wildlife; provide that the state has a duty to protect and sustain for the public's benefit.
Parental rights; authorize fundamental to direct upbringing of children.
Harvest reporting program; require the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to create for white-tailed deer and wild turkey.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to churches.
Appropriation; Health Department for design and construction of Emergency Medical Services Memorial.
Shoplifting; provide minimum penalties of imprisonment for all convictions of.
Defense Research and Development Program; create.
White-tailed deer; prohibit restricting translocation of between permitted enclosures.
Fire trucks; require to be marked with blue lights in addition to red and white lights.
Appropriation; City of Belmont for repairing and replacing the existing sewer line.