Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Became law1
Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.
Out of committee2
Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (NHRP); direct Mississippi Home Corporation to establish using federal funds.
Municipal program to address delinquent water accounts; extend repealer.
In committee87
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.
Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
Landlord-tenant law; revise.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Nonviolent habitual offender; revise sentencing.
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; prior felonies with completed sentences more than 10 years prior not considered.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
Violent habitual offender; require jury determination.
Habitual offender; revise.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain.
Marijuana; simple possession of 30 grams or less a civil infraction.
Controlled substance offenses; revise enhanced penalties.
County jail census data; facilitate availability of.
Youthful offenses; revise when may be tried in circuit court.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Crimes of violence; revise list of offenses designated as such.
House burglary; create separate violent and nonviolent offenses.
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.
Misdemeanants; may not possess a weapon under certain circumstances.
Marijuana; authorize expunction of convictions where amount was under the legally allowed amount of medical cannabis.
Marijuana; provide for automatic expunction where the amount of marijuana was under the legal amount of medical cannabis.
Intervention court; amend criteria for participation in.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Temporary day workers; protect labor and employment rights of.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Conditional medical release; revise authority of MDOC.
Restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.
Restitution centers; transition to prerelease centers.
Counties, municipalities and school districts; require to publish their annual budget online.
Counties; require to participate in the ACT Work Ready Community Initiative.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Mississippi Hospital Recovery Trust Program; create to provide grants to public hospitals at high financial risk.
Marijuana; legalize.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; revise provisions of and lower eligibility for certain scholarship programs.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that required drug testing as condition of eligibility.
West Bolivar Consolidated School District; deconsolidate to form the West Bolivar, Shaw and Benoit School Districts.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Jackson State University for the purpose of constructing student housing.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to JSU for upgrades to its water system.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation for repair, renovation and refurbishment of E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Coahoma and Coahoma County for water and sewer projects.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer improvement project.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Lula for water and sewer improvement project.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Greenville to build new community health center.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Benoit for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Beulah for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Sustainable Energy Partnership Program between JSU and Entergy.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Rosedale for street repairs.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 4.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 3.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 5.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Bolivar County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 2.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair and renovation of city parks.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Gunnison for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Benoit for repair and renovation of town park.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Leland for repair and renovation of city park.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Greenville for Mississippi River Museum.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for repair and renovation of town park.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Rosedale for repair and renovation of city park.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt property used for housing and providing services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Friars Point for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Friars Point for street repairs.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer system improvements.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Farrell for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Coahoma for street repairs.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Washington County for road improvements in Supervisor District 3.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair and renovation of wastewater treatment plant.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Greenville for renovations and repairs to the Mid-Delta Regional Airport.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists.
County prosecuting attorney; clarify authorization to defend persons in criminal prosecutions in any other county.
Flood and drainage control districts; revise number of directors for certain municipalities.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
Passed the Senate · 2
Mississippi Fentanyl and Drug Abuse Education Program; establish within Department of Mental Health.
School attendance officers; revise to increase the minimum base salary.
In committee · 25
Appointed counsel; increase maximum compensation available for representation of indigent defendants.
Elections; state and counties must equally share the cost of prepaid postage for return mail-in ballots.
Warrantless search; odor of marijuana insufficient to provide probable cause for.
Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three year old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery, remove permanent total disability compensation cap.
The Crown Act; enact to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act; create.
Transportation; expand the times required for motor vehicle headlight usage.
Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.
Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers subject to certain conditions.
Grandparents; authorize the payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Circuit court judges and chancellors; increase annual stipend for office operations, support staff and law clerks.
Confederate Memorial Day; remove from list of legal holidays.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries in August.
Jackson State University; create program to construct new football stadium.
Psychologist to Schools Grant Program; establish.
Assistant teachers; increase minimum salary.
Department of Human Services; create governing board.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Coahoma County for restriping and overlay of Friars Point Road.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to MDWFP for Great River Road State Park redevelopment.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to City of Clarksdale for replacement of Second Street bridge.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Sisters in Birth nonprofit charitable clinic.