Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Kevin Blackwell
Sponsored
Became law4
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
Forensics laboratory and Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; revise provisions of.
Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility for funds.
DeSoto County; authorize to transfer parcel of county-owned property to City of Olive Branch for construction of animal shelter.
Vetoed2
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Commissioner of Insurance; authorize to adopt rules and regulations regarding certain provider reimbursement rates.
Passed the Senate1
State Board of Cosmetology and Board of Barber Examiners; merge into one board.
Out of committee2
Mississippi Development Authority; require periodic PEER review of effectiveness of Tourism Advertising Fund expenditures.
Medicaid reimbursements; revise certain provisions relating to a psychiatric residential treatment facility in DeSoto County.
In committee28
Ad valorem taxes; consider annexed business "new enterprise" for purpose of eligibility for certain municipal tax exemptions.
Ad valorem tax on inventory; phase in exemption for certain small businesses.
Regulatory Reduction Program; require certain pilot agencies to implement.
Civics Test; require passing score for high school graduates and high school equivalency diploma applicants.
Podiatric medicine and podiatrists; revise definition of.
Legislative offices; define vacancy.
Mississippi Student Absentee Voter Act; enact.
Affidavit ballots; reduce length of time within which certain persons must present proper voter ID or execute religious exemption.
Elections; public official's qualification as candidate deemed resignation of current office.
Local school board members; prescribe salary scale based on school district student enrollment.
Arrest warrants; authorize electronic signatures.
Statute of limitations; except sexual battery from.
Local governmental entities; prohibit from requiring a license for certain businesses operated by a minor.
Physical therapy practice laws; revise various provisions of.
Bonds; increase authorized bond amount for emergency response center for Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park in Marshall County.
Medicaid; bring forward provider assessment provisions.
Health insurance carriers; require to cap patient cost for prescriptions for insulin drugs.
Mississippi Suppressor Freedom Act; enact.
Election code; establish provisions for electronic voter registration application and secure website.
Medicaid services; bring forward section for purpose of possible amendment.
Health care CON review; party requesting or appealing a hearing on application is responsible for costs and attorney fees.
Annual tax assessment; revise deadline to file protest of.
Tax sale; county to retain any overbid amount and landowner prohibited from requesting recovery of.
Nurse practitioners; authorize to dispense legend drugs to patients.
Midwifery; provide for licensure and regulation of.
Advanced practice registered nurses; revise certain provisions relating to, including collaboration requirement.
Public works contracts; raise monetary threshold for performance bond requirement of.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Desoto County for weight-bearing road.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 20
MS School Safety Guardian Act; create.
Ballot harvesting; ban.
State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 315 to Nolan Mettetal.
Mississippi Real Estate Appraisal Board; make independent from Mississippi Real Estate Commission.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
School board members; increase pay.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; increase the amount of investment tax credits that can be allocated under.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Passed the Senate · 5
Sales tax; exempt sales of coins, currency and bullion.
Motor vehicle theft; revise penalty for.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 and 2022 National Championship Rebels.
School attendance officers; revise to increase the minimum base salary.
Mississippi Full Expensing Tax Reform Act of 2023; create.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Foster Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create.
In committee · 5
School enrollment; criminalize the enrollment without establishing domicile.
Motor vehicle sales and distribution; provide for independence of dealership tier.
Mississippi Help Not Harm Act; enact.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Sisters in Birth nonprofit charitable clinic.
City of Olive Branch; authorize to transfer certain properties within industrial, technological or educational parks.