Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Tate
Sponsored
Became law1
Lauderdale County; extend repeal date on the Lauderdale County Tourism Commission.
Passed the Senate4
Voting equipment; require certification by the United States Election Assistance Commission.
Absentee ballots; authorize registrar to alphabetize and sort by precinct.
Statewide Elections Management System; remove electors who fail to respond to notice.
City of Meridian; authorize occupancy assessment for the benefit of the Meridian-Lauderdale Sports Commission and complex.
Out of committee4
Liquefied petroleum gas providers; provide affirmative defense in civil actions for damage or injury caused by certain circumstances.
Municipal executive committees; require county executive committee to appoint.
Political parties; require interim officers for registration purposes.
Absentee ballot; revise application form.
In committee7
Kratom; include in Schedule I of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act.
Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.
Absentee ballots; authorize electronic in-person voting.
Election Commissioners; revise to be a nonpartisan office.
Electioneering; prohibit in any public area within a set distance of polling place.
Absentee voting; authorize the registrar to notify voter of provisional rejection.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Quitman with Quitman Village project.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
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.
Athletics; provide that schools designate teams by biological sex.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Transportation; revise provisions relating to motor carrier enforcement, harvest permits, and funding.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Passed the Senate · 5
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
Freedom of Roadway Act; increase penalties for the obstruction of public passageways.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
In committee · 4
Vote fraud; increase penalties.
Historical monuments and memorials; delete authority to move.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.