Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Jeff Tate
Sponsored
Became law4
Ballot harvesting; define terms.
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise composition of.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of various organizations.
Lauderdale County; extend authorization of assessments on misdemeanor convictions and nonadjudications.
Passed the Senate1
Absentee ballots; voters can cure ballots declared defective due to signature issues.
Out of committee2
Election commissioners; require board of supervisors to provide insurance coverage for.
Lauderdale County; extend repeal date on Tourism Commission and hotel/motel tax, and authorize room occupancy tax.
In committee15
Kratom; authorize regulation of and prohibit certain products.
"Veterans' Assistance Lottery"; establish under Mississippi Lottery Corporation.
Veterans assistance; prohibit unethical collection of fees in veterans benefits matters.
Reverse auction requirement; exempt MS State Veterans Affairs Board for the purchase of ADA vans and buses for Veterans Nursing Homes.
Circuit court; prohibit political candidates from addressing the public during court terms.
Campaign finance; reform.
"Disabled Veteran and Dependents Patriot Scholarship Program"; establish under IHL Board.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize issuance after presale of 100 tags for Garden Clubs of Mississippi, Inc.
Health Care Certificate of Need Law; repeal.
Registered lobbyists; require disclosure of representation of foreign adversary client.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Meridian Main Street for upgrading, constructing and improving an alleyway.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to City of Meridian for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Town of Stonewall for the police department.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Lauderdale County School District for traffic safety in school zones.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Pat Harrison Waterway District for Archusa Creek Lake Dam.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Driver's education; revise certain provisions related thereto.
SAFER Act; enact.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Passed the Senate · 3
Absentee ballots; change receipt deadline.
Trespass to hunt, fish, shoot or trap; revise offense description, and impose penalties and fees.
MS Critical Teacher Shortage Act of 1998; extend repealer on.
In committee · 4
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise appointments to reflect congressional districts at time of appointments.
Sales tax; 1.5% rate for retail sales of cattle trailers and fencing materials to farmers for agricultural purposes.
Income tax; increase amount of credit for approved reforestation practices.
Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; enact.