Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Dennis DeBar, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law4
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Memorial highways; designate various segments.
County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes.
Passed the Senate4
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
Age of majority; revise.
Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.
In committee10
Nonpartisan elections; require for offices of chancery clerk, circuit clerk, tax assessor, tax collector, surveyor and coroner.
State offenders; MDOC to reimburse counties for medical and legal fees of.
School recognition program; bring forward for possible amendment to salary supplements.
School buildings; require new construction and certain renovations to include water bottle filling stations.
Department of Corrections; shall pay correctional facility employees for all accumulated comp time upon termination or death.
School employee salary supplements; remove limitation on number of school nurses and language therapists eligible for.
School accountability; provide that accreditation score from 2018-2019 shall be used unless school receives higher grade.
Abstinence-only or abstinence-plus education; extend repealer on.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Leakesville construct walking trail and fishing pier and renovate bridge.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Leakesville in paying costs of construction of new sidewalks.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
Appropriation; IHL - general support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural Research, Extension and Land-Grant programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Passed the Senate · 1
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
In committee · 1
Income tax; authorize credit for certain railroad reconstruction/replacement expenditures.