Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Became law2
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets.
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
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Bonds; authorize for street improvement in the City of Greenville.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Community schools planning grant program; establish fund.
Food establishments; prohibit single-use plastic straws unless requested by consumer.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Temporary day workers; protect labor and employment rights of.
Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Violent habitual offender; require jury determination.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Nonviolent habitual offender; revise sentencing.
The Juvenile Offender Parole and Rehabilitation Act; enact.
Restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.
Restitution centers; transition to pre-release 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.
Office of Department of Corrections Ombudsman; establish.
Corrections; create a Corrections Inspection Council to serve in advisory capacity to state officials.
Juvenile sentencing; provide criteria for determining parole eligibility and require hearing before imposing life without parole.
Trusty and earned-time programs; change eligibility to participate in.
Managed care organizations; require certain standards and extend repealer.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Marijuana; legalize.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt property used for housing and providing services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase-out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Bonds; issue for the construction of career tech buildings at the Greenville Higher Education Center.
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.
City of Greenville; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to certain city streets.
Counties, municipalities and school districts; require to publish their annual budget online.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Counties; require to participate in the ACT Work Ready Community Initiative.
Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.
Appropriation; UMMC to support a medical residency program at Delta Regional Medical Center.
Public Defenders Education Fund; establish education and training cost.
Parole of prisoners; revise list of offenses that cause ineligibility of offenders convicted between 1995-2014.
Medical prison release program; revise authority of MDOC and Mississippi Parole Board.
Supervised prison release programs; revise terms and conditions.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Intervention court; amend criteria for participation in.
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Misdemeanants; may not possess a weapon under certain circumstances.
Habitual offender; crimes punishable by imprisonment for 5 years or less not considered.
Habitual offender; crimes committed before 18 years of age not considered.
Habitual offender; revise.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain.
Habitual offender; prior felonies with completed sentences more than 10 years prior not considered.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Landlord-tenant law; revise.
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
Crimes of violence; revise list of offenses designated as such.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Suffrage; restore to Riney Spiller.
Controlled substance offenses; revise enhanced penalties.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
"Mississippi Correctional Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2021"; enact.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville in paying costs of improvements to its water and sewer systems.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville in paying costs of improvements on the downtown green space.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Metcalfe in paying costs of improvements to its water and sewer systems.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Metcalfe in paying costs of repair and renovation of town park.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville in paying costs of repair and renovation of city parks.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Leland in paying costs of repair and renovation of city park.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Rosedale in paying costs of repair and renovation of city park.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Town of Coahoma for street repairs.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Town of Friars Point for street repairs.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 3.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Leland Public School District for improvements to its Early Head Start Facility.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 4.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to the Town of Rosedale for street repairs.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 2.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Bolivar County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 5.
Co-sponsored
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State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Youth detention; raise minimum age for youth commitment to state training school and secure detention.
Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act; allow athletes to be compensated for name, image and likeness.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount.
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Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Domestic violence shelters; revise eligibility for funds.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks and SNAP incentives.
Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
"Empower Reentry Through Licensing Act"; authorize provisional driver's licenses for eligible inmates.
Department of Public Safety; implement uniform reporting standards for jail census data & create & maintain a centralized database.
Reentry courts; create pilot reentry court, and establish rehab and workforce development program at MDOC.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Tunica County; authorize occupancy assessment for the benefit of the Convention Center Complex.
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Bonds; authorize to assist Sunflower County Ministerial Alliance Counseling Services in constructing transitional shelter.
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Average daily attendance for MAEP purposes; shall include any student sick day.
Health insurance; Commissioner of Insurance must approve rate filings containing an increase in premiums.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; remove phase-out of income & franchise tax, and remove deduction of federal employment tax.
"T Initiative of 2021"; create program that provides support to schools for virtual learning.
Grocery items; prohibit cost-plus pricing.
Revocation of probation; remove absconding from supervision as a ground for revocation of probation.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for the Ayers Restoration Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Mississippi Ports Improvement Fund.