Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Tate
Sponsored
Became law3
Mississippi Voting Modernization Act; enact.
City of Meridian; authorize 2% increase in monthly benefits for certain retired police, firemen and employees every year.
Meridian Public School District; authorize transfer of former school property to Meridian Housing Authority.
Vetoed1
Campaign finance reports; amend provisions relating to.
Passed the Senate5
Elections; prohibit spending of private money on communications to electors and other election aspects.
Election commissioners; remove skills assessment requirement.
Judicial candidates; revise political limitations on.
Voter registration; provide for certain procedures upon application.
Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center; revise lease or contract requirements for the operation of.
In committee24
Kratom; authorize regulation of and prohibit certain products.
Elections; require to be conducted by paper ballot or with optical mark reading equipment.
Electioneering; prohibit in any public area within a set distance of polling place.
Voting systems; require the Secretary of State to promulgate certification standards.
Harvey Scott Haney; restore suffrage.
Motor vehicles; increase penalties for operating without insurance or license and for failing to stop at accidents.
Firearms; criminalize the discharge of within the limits of or into a public park.
Election Commissioners; revise to be a nonpartisan office.
Election contest; revise procedure concerning the date of examination of the ballot box.
Social media companies; require to file a report for any restriction of a candidate or elected official.
Judicial campaigns; revise provisions of.
Campaign contributions; revise disclosures of and require Attorney General to enforce.
Voter Registration File fees; revise.
Election procedures; authorize audits.
Vaccines; prevent entities that receive state funding from requiring individuals to receive COVID vaccine.
Bonds; authorize to assist Clarke County in purchase and maintenance of equipment supporting voting by paper ballots.
Mississippi Highway Patrol, MBN and CTED officers; increase salaries of.
Capital Expense Fund; appropriation to Secretary of State for implementation of the Voter Modernization Grant Program.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Village of Pachuta for veterans memorial.
State General Funds; FY2023 Appropriation to Clarke County for purchase/maintenance of equipment that supports voting by paper ballots.
Public purchasing; clarify that reverse auction shall not be used for term contracts for road maintenance commodities.
Election commissioners; require board of supervisors to provide insurance coverage for.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in paying costs of emergency water storage near medical facilities in Meridian.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in paying costs of improvements to North Hills Street in Meridian.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Critical Race Theory; prohibit.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.
Volunteer firefighters; allow local governments to pay certain expenses for injury, illness and insurance.
Commercial motor vehicles; authorize voluntary inspection program.
Motor vehicle loads; clarify provisions regarding illumination of loads extending beyond rear of vehicle.
Counties; delete the duty of the clerk of the board of supervisors to report to the grand jury.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Passed the Senate · 13
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.
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.
Mississippi Pill Press Law of 2022; enact.
CDLs; treat certain moving violations as regular license holders.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
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 · 7
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for children under 21.
Mental health courts; create.
Law enforcement communications; promote interoperability between agencies.
Vote fraud; increase penalties.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.
Mental health days; allow limited leave for teachers.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.