Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Dennis DeBar, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law6
Mississippi State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan Task Force; establish.
Minority; remove for beneficiaries of certain insurance policies.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
Board for administration of certain failing school district; extend date of repeal.
City of Lucedale; authorize to levy tax upon sales of restaurants for the purposes of funding parks and recreation.
George County; authorize to levy 3% sales tax on the sales of hotels and motels within the county and 1% tax on the sales of restaurants.
Passed the Senate3
Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility criteria.
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; bring forward provision related to.
Local supplement for assistant teachers; prohibit school districts from reducing when given state minimum raise.
Out of committee3
State Superintendent of Public Education and Director of the Community College Board; set maximum salaries.
Public School Facilities Grant Program; create and replace Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Program.
City of Waynesboro; extend repealer on authority to levy tax on hotels, motels, restaurants and bars.
In committee11
Department of Education; require to provide requested information to House and Senate members within timely manner.
Practice of Podiatric Medicine; provide certain requirements to perform specific surgeries.
Accumulated leave time for teachers; allow to transfer.
School boards; authorize to vote on providing members and their dependents with health insurance paid for by local funds.
Military insurance premium discount; allow motor vehicle and homeowner insurance premium discount for military personnel.
Age of majority; revise.
Counties and Municipalities; remove mandate to require construction permits and restore local discretion.
Mississippi School Safety Guardian Act; enact.
Tim Tebow Act; allow homeschooled children to participate in extracurricular activity within their school district.
Sales tax; reduce by half on sales of groceries.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Greene Cty. Sch. Dist. for repairs & equipment purchase for Career & Technical Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Ballot harvesting; ban.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
School board members; increase pay.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural 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
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 and 2022 National Championship Rebels.
In committee · 2
Open Meetings law; amend to include Legislature and provide judicial enforcement of.
Mississippi Help Not Harm Act; enact.