Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Michael McLendon
Sponsored
Became law2
Critical Race Theory; prohibit.
City of Hernando; authorize election for restaurant tax to fund capital improvements related to parks and recreation.
In committee8
Appropriation FY 2023; IHL-University of Mississippi Medical Center for Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program.
Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Residency Program; include emergency medicine students.
Municipal ad valorem taxes; exempt real property and motor vehicles in an annexed area for 12 months after annexation.
Transportation commissioners; revise mandatory compensation language to make discretionary with commissioner.
Municipal annexation; require an election be held in the proposed annexation territory.
Board certified occupational therapist employed by schools; allow to be eligible for salary supplement.
Mississippi Professional Employer Organization Recognition and Registration Act; create.
Radar; authorize limited use of by sheriffs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Voyeurism; revise sentencing.
Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.
State Fire Academy; remove limitation on the number of Emergency Medical Responder students trained per year.
Volunteer firefighters; allow local governments to pay certain expenses for injury, illness and insurance.
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; create for purpose of improving educational facilities.
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.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Passed the Senate · 19
"Mississippi Grain Producer Indemnity Act"; enact.
Travel Insurance Act of 2022; create.
Fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer; revise offense of.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Sentence suspension; prohibit for crimes involving the exploitation of children.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Bow hunting; establish a three-day season the last weekend between September 10th and 20th for legal bucks.
Mississippi Pill Press Law of 2022; enact.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
RegionSmart Development Interstate Compact between Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee; ratify.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Appropriation; Child Protective Services, Department of-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; Mississippi Emergency Management Agency-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; National Guard,-ARPA funds.
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.
Out of committee · 2
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.
State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.
In committee · 6
Genetic information; limit use of in certain insurance policies.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for children under 21.
Law enforcement communications; promote interoperability between agencies.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.
Vaccines; prevent entities that receive state funding from requiring individuals to receive COVID vaccine.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.