Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Sarita Simmons
Sponsored
Became law3
Department of Corrections; increase number of offenders in regional facilities and adjust regional per diem.
Bolivar County; authorize board of supervisors to contribute to the Bolivar County Community Action Agency, Inc.
Suffrage; Azalean Jones Rogers.
In committee5
School boards; authorize members to be employed as school bus drivers.
State employees; provide for percentage increase in annual compensation.
Delta Incentives for Community and Economic Development Act; create.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation headquarters in Ruleville.
Infrastructure and Education Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
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.
County sheriffs; revise recordkeeping requirements for meals served to prisoners.
Corrections; revise qualifications for commissioner and bring forward sections on parole and jails.
Hemp; create the Mississippi Hemp Cultivation Act.
Tourism Project Incentive Program; extend deadline on MDA's authority to approve participants.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Department of Agriculture and Commerce - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
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 · 8
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Trusty and earned-time programs; change eligibility to participate in.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
Tribal identification cards; recognize as legal means of personal identification.
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.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Out of committee · 1
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the direct shipment of wine.
In committee · 8
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.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the sale of wine at grocery stores.
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.
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.
Community health centers; revise reimbursement for telehealth services.