Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Sarita Simmons
Sponsored
In committee3
Bonds; authorize to assist Sunflower County Ministerial Alliance Counseling Services in constructing transitional shelter.
"T Initiative of 2021"; create program that provides support to schools for virtual learning.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
State parks; change name of Natchez State Park to "Bob M. Dearing Natchez State Park."
Mississippi Fair Commission; remove repealer and revise advisory council composition.
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.
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount.
"Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act"; enact.
Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund; create and provide for administration by Department of Archives and History.
Appropriation; IHL - general support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural Research, Extension and Land-Grant 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; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce - Dixie National Livestock Shows and County Livestock Shows.
Passed the Senate · 14
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Juvenile offenders; provide alternative sentencing and parole options.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
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.
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.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
Department of Tourism; create.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
In committee · 6
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Mississippi Fair Advisory Council; revise council composition.
Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.
General Funds; FY 2022 appropriation to Department of Health for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for the Ayers Restoration Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Mississippi Ports Improvement Fund.