Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Trusty and earned-time programs; change eligibility to participate in.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Out of committee1
Medical and geriatric prison release; revise authority of MDOC and MS Parole Board.
In committee56
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Bonds; issue for the construction of career tech buildings at the Greenville Higher Education Center.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt property used for housing and providing services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for the E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds to construct the Mississippi River Museum in Greenville.
Habitual offender; prior felonies more than 10 years prior not counted in calculation.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain.
Habitual offender; revise.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing as.
Controlled substance offenses; revise enhanced penalties.
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Intervention court; amend criteria for participation in.
Habitual offender sentencing; revise.
Habitual offender; revise computation of prior offenses.
Misdemeanants; may not possess a weapon under certain circumstances.
Public Defenders Education Fund; establish education and training cost.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Crimes of violence; revise list of offenses designated as such.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Violent habitual offender; revise.
Fourth Circuit Court District; clarify precinct composition of subdistricts.
Supervised prison release programs; revise terms and conditions.
Parole; change list of offenses that make offenders convicted between 1995-2014 ineligible for.
Juvenile sentencing; provide criteria for determining parole eligibility and require hearing before imposing life without parole.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing.
Violent habitual offender; require bifurcated trial.
Counties, municipalities and school districts; require to publish their annual budget online.
City of Greenville; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to certain city streets.
Bonds; authorize for street improvement in the City of Greenville.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Expunction of conviction; revise.
Marijuana; legalize.
Marijuana; allow medical use by seriously ill patients, including service-connected PTSD.
Landlord-tenant law; revise.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Temporary day workers; protect labor and employment rights of.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Counties; require to participate in the ACT Work Ready Community Initiative.
Managed care organizations; require certain standards.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing.
Juvenile offenders; establish the Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act.
Restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.
Youthful offenses; revise when may be tried in circuit court.
Expunction; allow after 20 years' good behavior with certain exceptions.
House burglary; create separate violent and nonviolent offenses.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Food establishments; prohibit single-use plastic straws unless requested by consumer.
Office of Department of Corrections Ombudsman; establish.
Restitution centers; transition to pre-release centers.
Corrections; create a Corrections Inspection Council to serve in advisory capacity to state officials.
Sales tax; exempt sale of groceries.
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program; provide for physician grants.
Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.
Coahoma County; authorize board of supervisors to contribute to But God Ministries.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
Suffrage; Azalean Jones Rogers.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Vetoed · 1
"Mississippi Correctional Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2020"; enact.
Passed the Senate · 10
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Paternity; clarify circumstances under which putative father cannot contest.
Historic structure tax credit; extend deadline for eligibility.
School board members; increase pay.
Municipalities; establish expedited procedure to acquire and clear title on tax-forfeited lands.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
Solemnize marriage; authorize certain federal judges to perform rites.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; revise applicability of.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
Out of committee · 3
MDOC supervised release; prohibit incarceration for minor violations of and reduce maximum term for certain forms of.
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Parole; early release for nonviolent offenders with less than 3 years to serve for participation in drug court.
In committee · 13
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks.
Appropriation FY 2020; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Fair chance hiring standards for employers; establish.
Official State Flag; revise the design of.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise membership of.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his debt to society.
Corrections; require annual reports to the Legislature on successes and accomplishments.
State employees; provide for percentage increase in annual compensation.
Community health centers; revise reimbursement for telehealth services.
Delta Incentives for Community and Economic Development Act; create.
Absentee Voter Law; authorize 2020 electors to vote by in-person absentee and remove notary requirements.