Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Jason Barrett
Sponsored
Passed the Senate5
Squatted vehicles; ban.
Mississippi Electronic Court System; require free access for public defenders.
DUI suspension; clarify how the 120 days are counted.
Judicial support staff; bring forward provision related to.
ATVs & UTVs; require titling, and exempt from ad valorem tax when held by retailers on consignment or floor plan basis.
Out of committee1
Labor; create study committee to study labor force participation rates.
In committee15
Mobile telephone; prohibit usage of in a reduced speed area in the vicinity of a school.
Misdemeanor warrant management system; direct the establishment of.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MSU Extension Service for certain youth preparedness education programs.
Chancery court; provide additional chancellor for 15th Chancery Court District.
County court; allow judicial candidates to speak to the venire in.
Sex offenders; prohibit employment as first responders without DPS approval.
Assistant district attorneys; authorize additional in 6th circuit.
Presumption of death; create for missing persons who have undergone a catastrophic event causing imminent peril.
Mississippi Act WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) Scholarship Program; create.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Lincoln County for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Lawrence County for road repair, construction and resurfacing.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Franklin County for road and bridge repair and construction.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDA for the Hamlet of Bogue Chitto for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the City of Brookhaven for certain infrastructure projects.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to 5th Squad.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
Department of Public Safety; revise salary scale.
Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.
The Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; bring forward provision related to.
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create.
Certified Academic Language Therapists; allow to help instruct students with dyslexia in schools.
SAFER Act; enact.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Passed the Senate · 3
Adoption petitions; clarify that attached certificate may be executed by any physician.
MS Public Records Act; exempt certain private information of persons conducting in-state operations.
Utility Service; prevent government restrictions based on energy source required.
In committee · 4
Sales tax; 1.5% rate for retail sales of cattle trailers and fencing materials to farmers for agricultural purposes.
Income tax; increase amount of credit for approved reforestation practices.
Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; enact.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Copiah County for demolishing the former hospital complex in Hazlehurst.