Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Sarita Simmons
Sponsored
Became law2
Bolivar County; authorize contributions to Bolivar County Community Action Agency and Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
Sunflower County; increase authority to contribute funds to the Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation.
In committee21
Fund Rural Education Evenly Act (FREE) Act; enact.
School districts; allow certain rural districts to exceed bonded indebtedness limit once.
Save Our Underfunded Local Schools (SOULS) Act; enact.
Educator preparation programs; require course in mental disturbance awareness and trauma-informed approaches.
School districts; require to implement mental health awareness into health education curriculum.
Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Act; enact.
Department of Archives and History; authorize schools to receive waiver of certain preservation requirements.
Civil commitment; prohibit individuals being held in jail except in emergency circumstances.
Medical cannabis establishments; authorize to advertise or market in any form of media.
School districts; require to employ mental health professionals.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Delta State University for renovating dormitories.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDE for the Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program.
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 MDE for the Fund Rural Education Evenly Grant Program.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDE for the Mississippi Dyslexia Education Funding Grant Program.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Bolivar County for the Terrene Landing River Boat Park dock expansion project.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Sunflower for certain infrastructure projects and expenditures.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the Sunflower Humphreys Counties for Progress, Inc. for construction of an emergency storm shelter.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
2024 Second Extraordinary Session · Economic development; provide incentives for certain economic development projects.
Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Designate American Quarter Horse as the Official State Horse and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle as Official Sea Turtle of Mississippi.
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.
The Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; bring forward provision related to.
Ground lease for solar installation at Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Stations; authorize.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 8 to William Forrest Winter.
Certified Academic Language Therapists; allow to help instruct students with dyslexia in schools.
Medical Cannabis Research Advisory Board; enact and create the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research Program.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 3
MAEP; revise funding formula.
Utility Service; prevent government restrictions based on energy source required.
Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.
In committee · 32
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulations of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Responsible Firearm Purchasing Act; enact.
Qualifying to run for public office; prohibit use of post office box and require physical address of residence.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Grandparents; authorize payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
The CROWN Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers subject to certain conditions.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University for STEM-related programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University to upgrade roadways and sidewalks.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University to strengthen support of poultry science programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University to support animal science research and extension programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn Agriculture Research and Extension for certain capital projects.
Appropriation; FY2025 to IHL for STEM related programs at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Hydroponics Research and Teaching Greenhouse at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Walter Washington Administration and Classroom Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the K.L. Simmons Technology Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction a Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Math Center at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to Claiborne County to assist in paying costs of various capital improvement projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Hinds County for infrastructure projects in the Town of Utica.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to JSU for redesigning and renovating Rose E. McCoy Auditorium.
Appropriation; IHL for growth of new regional health care and medical sciences facilities of Alcorn State.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the Coahoma Community College Radio Station for equipment.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to MDOT for Town of Gunnison for a walking trail.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to the Walter Anderson Museum of Art to defray public program costs.