Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Johnson
Sponsored
Became law4
State employees; authorize the state to offer health savings accounts to.
Homeowners' insurance; prohibit insurer from cancelling or denying coverage solely due to roof's age.
State Bond Attorney; revise minimum and maximum fee paid to.
Proposals and requests for qualifications; simplify the receipt and registration process.
Passed the Senate5
Grain grading; require state or federal certification and compliance with Federal Grain Inspection Service standards.
Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force Act; enact.
Images or audio altered or created by digitization; criminalize dissemination of in certain circumstances.
Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Corporation; create.
Income tax and insurance premium tax; authorize a credit for certain investments in qualified community development entities.
Out of committee2
Charitable organization filing and reporting requirements; no more stringent than other state agency requirements.
Ad valorem tax; require counties and municipalities to provide notice and hearing before exceeding revenue-neutral rate.
In committee14
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools.
Emergency rooms; require to be staffed with an on-site physician at all times.
Income tax credit for employers for blood donations made by employees during blood drive; extend period of eligibility for.
School attendance zones; allow students to transfer to other school districts subject to availability and approval.
Trespass after warning; increase criminal penalty.
Habitual misdemeanor offender; provide sentencing enhancement for.
LLCs; allow partnership or limited partnership to be named on the certificate of formation.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; amend membership to.
Department of Public Safety; transfer MDOR and MDAC law enforcement officers to.
Motor vehicles; provide procedure for licensing rental fleets.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Forrest-Lamar Alliance for Eagle One Mega Site.
Bonds; repurpose authority of IHL for USM capital project from Hickman Hall renovation to Science Research Facility.
City of Hattiesburg; authorize to use traffic fines for community development initiatives.
Hattiesburg Convention Commission; authorize to use the design-build method of construction contracting.