Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Juan Barnett
Sponsored
Became law3
City of Laurel; authorize tax on hotels and motels to promote tourism.
Probation and parole; authorize an offender's employer to submit regular information in lieu of in-person meetings.
Central Mississippi Correctional Facility; authorize pilot work initiative.
Passed the Senate8
DPS; implement uniform reporting standards for jail census data and create a centralized database.
Community Service Revolving Fund; extend repealer on authority to collect fees for deposit into.
Department of Corrections; extend repealer on drug and alcohol program at Bolivar County Regional Facility.
Pilot Work Release Program; extend repealer.
State Parole Board; extend repealer on.
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend repealer on.
Corrections; extend repealer on intensive supervision program and electronic home detention.
Department of Corrections; authorize the provision of hospice care services to inmates with a terminal illness.
Out of committee2
Mississippi Justice Reinvestment Act; enact.
Single or loose cigarettes; prohibit sale of and set certain penalties for violations.
In committee7
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate June 19 as.
"Reentry Court Act of 2022"; authorize pilot reentry courts in certain circuit court districts.
MDOC; exempt from regulations and law for a certain time to build buildings with inmate labor.
Inmate Incentive to Work Program; create.
Department of Corrections; authorize to exempt agricultural equipment from bid requirements.
Youth court; revise fines, fees and costs.
Bonds; authorize to assist City of Laurel in paying costs associated with Sandy Creek Erosion Project.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; create.
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.
Volunteer firefighters; allow local governments to pay certain expenses for injury, illness and insurance.
City of Hattiesburg; extend repeal date on hotel, motel and restaurant tax.
Passed the Senate · 12
"Mississippi Grain Producer Indemnity Act"; enact.
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Bow hunting; establish a three-day season the last weekend between September 10th and 20th for legal bucks.
Election commissioners; remove skills assessment requirement.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of beer.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Freedom Trail Commission; establish.
In committee · 6
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Wrongful conviction; increase compensation award.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY23 Appropriation to Department of Health for Magnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.