Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Juan Barnett
Sponsored
Became law1
"Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act"; enact.
Passed the Senate2
Department of Public Safety; implement uniform reporting standards for jail census data & create & maintain a centralized database.
Reentry courts; create pilot reentry court, and establish rehab and workforce development program at MDOC.
In committee5
Suffrage; clarify person's right to register and vote following a disenfranchising conviction.
Statutory rape; raise age of consent.
Public Employees' Retirement System Protection Act of 2021; create.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate June 19 as.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection in which prayer shall be allowed.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Veteran Driver's License Designation; allow proof of military service in person.
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount.
Passed the Senate · 8
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Domestic violence shelters; revise eligibility for funds.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks and SNAP incentives.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
"Empower Reentry Through Licensing Act"; authorize provisional driver's licenses for eligible inmates.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
In committee · 6
"T Initiative of 2021"; create program that provides support to schools for virtual learning.
Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
General Funds; FY 2022 appropriation to Department of Health for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for the Ayers Restoration Fund.