Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Daniel H. Sparks
Sponsored
Became law5
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Commercial motor vehicles; authorize voluntary inspection program.
Motor vehicle loads; clarify provisions regarding illumination of loads extending beyond rear of vehicle.
Memorial highways; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 45 for Senator John White.
Recidivism; create study committee to review means to reduce through support, supervision and skills attainment.
Passed the Senate2
Mississippi Pill Press Law of 2022; enact.
CDLs; treat certain moving violations as regular license holders.
Out of committee2
State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.
Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification.
In committee11
Methamphetamine; revise penalty for simple possession of smaller amounts.
DUI; allow expunction for first offense under certain circumstances.
Habitual offenders; revise provisions for.
Bail for indigent defendants; provide procedure.
"Reentry Court Act of 2022"; authorize pilot reentry courts in certain circuit court districts.
MDOC; authorize to establish work release program with any sheriff.
Law enforcement officers; regulate payment for nonexempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Home Business Relief Act of 2022; create.
High school graduation; end-of-course assessments required by federal law shall only be required.
Retailer Tax Fairness Act; create.
"Health Care Contracting Simplification Act"; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Critical Race Theory; prohibit.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
Pilot freestanding emergency room; require the Department of Health to issue not more than five licenses.
"Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Passed the Senate · 18
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Sentence suspension; prohibit for crimes involving the exploitation of children.
Elections; prohibit spending of private money on communications to electors and other election aspects.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Highways; conform weight tolerance provision, and remove repealers relating to harvest permits and timber deed grantees.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; set terms of office.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; set term of executive director and create Division of Parks and Recreation.
Bow hunting; establish a three-day season the last weekend between September 10th and 20th for legal bucks.
State-chartered banks; revise merger law to conform to the Mississippi Business Corporation Act.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Legal service contracts; clarify exemption from Public Procurement Review Board.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
Taxation; cut grocery tax by 2%, phase out 4% income tax bracket, cut General Fund portion of car tag fees, and give rebate.
Capital Expense Funds; FY2023 appropriation to MDOT for the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund.
Out of committee · 2
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.
Medicaid reimbursement; allow for border city university-affiliated pediatric hospitals to be reimbursed.
In committee · 3
State General Funds; FY2023 approp. to State Aid Road Fund to reimburse for monies expended to counties due to HB 779 (2019).
State General Fund; FY2023 appropriation to Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund to be utilized by MDOT.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.