Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Derrick T. Simmons
Sponsored
Became law1
Property exemption; revise provisions regarding property belonging to certain foundations.
Passed the Senate2
Purchasing law; raise expenditure triggering requirements for competitive bids.
State offenders serving sentences in county jails; repeal repealer.
Out of committee1
Conditional medical release; revise authority of MDOC.
In committee83
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; enact.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
Habitual offender; prior felonies with completed sentences more than 10 years prior to date of offense not considered.
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
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.
Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (NHRP); direct Mississippi Home Corporation to establish using federal funds.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery and remove cap on permanent total disability compensation.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
DUI; nonadjudication of a first offense for CDL holder who was not operating a commercial vehicle.
Jurors; expand pool to citizens with driver's license who have filed state income taxes.
Habitual offender; revise sentencing under.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
E-911 funding; amend Section 19-5-333.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence or placement on probation.
Restitution centers; transition to prerelease centers.
Restitution centers; transition to post-release reentry centers.
Marijuana; legalize.
Youth court; revise transfer to circuit court.
Intervention court; amend criteria for participation in.
Marijuana; provide that simple possession of 30 grams or less is a civil infraction.
Simple possession of controlled substances; revise certain.
Violent habitual offender; require jury determination.
Broadband exemption; clarify ad valorem tax exemption for equipment used for broadband.
Counties and municipalities; modernize and simplify notice publication process for.
Child care services; provide eligibility for certain persons under the Child Care Payment Program (CCPP).
Child care; DHS shall transfer to CCDF the first $40 Million of unspent TANF funds from prior FY to be used for child care vouchers.
Contraception; provide right to obtain and engage in.
Juries; prohibit peremptory challenges based on certain factors.
Publication of public business notice; increase legal rate in newspaper and provide for correction notice on website.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to JSU for design, development and construction of student housing.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Gunnison for a walking trail.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Hollandale for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for certain infrastructure projects.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Gunnison for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Benoit for repair and renovation of town park.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Leland for repair and renovation of city park.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to JSU for upgrades to its water system.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair, renovation, and improvement of small sewer mini-systems.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for improvements to downtown corridor.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Benoit for a walking trail.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Benoit for renovations to the library.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair and renovation of city parks.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 2.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Bolivar County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 5.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 3.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 4.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Rosedale for street repairs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Sustainable Energy Partnership Program between JSU and Entergy.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for renovations and repairs to the Mid-Delta Regional Airport.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for repair and renovation of wastewater treatment plant.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for road improvements in Supervisor District 3.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Coahoma for street repairs.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Farrell for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer system improvements.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Friars Point for street repairs.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Friars Point for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Rosedale for repair and renovation of city park.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for repair and renovation of town park.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville for Mississippi River Museum.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Beulah for water and sewer improvement project.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Washington County for street repairs in Supervisor District 1.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Benoit for water and sewer improvement project.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Greenville to build new community health center.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Lula for water and sewer improvement project.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Metcalfe for water and sewer improvement project.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Coahoma and Coahoma County for water and sewer projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation for repair, renovation and refurbishment of E.E. Bass Cultural Arts Center.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the Town of Metcalfe for paving certain streets.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.
Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.
Certified Academic Language Therapists; allow to help instruct students with dyslexia in schools.
Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Appropriation; additional to MDOT-Surface Transportation Projects, ARPA funds.
Passed the Senate · 4
Mississippi Electronic Court System; require free access for public defenders.
Mental Health Regional Commissions; authorize boards of supervisors to agree to board compositions.
MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on.
Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.
In committee · 32
Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
Practice of Podiatric Medicine; provide certain requirements to perform specific surgeries.
Compulsory school attendance law; require of kindergarten-age children.
Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.
Law enforcement pursuits; require municipalities and counties to develop policies regarding.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Elections; allow individuals to vote by affidavit if they register after thirty-day cutoff but before election day.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
The CROWN Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Warrantless search; odor of marijuana insufficient to provide probable cause for.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
Mississippi Tort Claims Act; create publicly accessible registry for certain entities subject to.
Open meetings; revise accessibility to information on meeting times, agendas and minutes.
Study Committee; authorize to study police pursuits.
Fund Rural Education Evenly Act (FREE) Act; enact.
Save Our Underfunded Local Schools (SOULS) Act; enact.
Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.
Jackson State University; transfer funds for new, multipurpose stadium.
Medical cannabis establishments; authorize to advertise or market in any form of media.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to DFA for the 2024 IHL Capital Improvements Fund.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to JSU for campus safety.
Taxation; freeze phase-in of income tax cuts and phase out of corporation franchise tax.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Delta State University for renovating dormitories.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the Coahoma Community College Radio Station for equipment.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the City of Cleveland for North Industrial Site Flood Mitigation Project at municipal airport.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to DPS for the Save Our Underfunded Local Schools Grant Program.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Mississippi Delta Community College for certain projects and programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation for construction of a facility.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art to defray public program costs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Bolivar County for the Terrene Landing River Boat Park dock expansion project.
Suffrage; restore to Stanley Barnes.