Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
David Blount
Sponsored
Became law1
Certain municipalities allowed to establish overdue water/sewer payment programs; extend program repeal date.
Passed the Senate1
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for Mississippi Book Festival.
In committee16
Municipally owned waterworks; prohibit from charging higher rates to certain customers in another municipality.
Appropriation FY 2023; to University of Mississippi Medical Center for fire protection.
Tobacco tax; define tobacco products to include electronic smoking devices for purposes of 15% excise tax.
Capitol complex Improvement District; increase DFA's borrowing authority and divert use tax revenue for.
Teacher licenses; allow teachers with international teacher licenses reciprocity.
Elections; authorize online voter registration and preelection day voting.
Suffrage; restore to any person disqualified by reason of criminal conviction upon completion of sentence.
Bonds; authorize to assist City of Jackson in paying costs of repair and renovation of Thalia Mara Hall complex.
Medicaid coverage; provide up to 12 months of continuous postpartum care.
Absentee voting; establish electronic application procedure for college students.
Higher Education Legislative Plan; revise eligibility and repeal MTAG and Eminent Scholars Grant Program.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; revise boundaries to include Battlefield Park.
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.
Professional Counseling Compact; enact.
General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Capitol Complex Improvement District completion of certain street projects.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to South Central Water Association in Hinds County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
Office of Workforce Development; revise how MS Works funds may be spent by and certain collaborations with.
Jackson State University; authorize public/private partnership to develop property owned by JSU Development Foundation.
City of Jackson; authorize to continue contributions to Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc.
Appropriation; additional to Environmental Quality for the MS MCWI Grant Program-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to Health Department for the Covid-19 Hospital Capacity Program and operations-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to DFA-Bureau of Building,-ARPA Funds.
Appropriation; to DFA for the MAICU and Ind K-12 Grant Program, - ARPA funds.
Passed the Senate · 14
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
Unused leave accumulated by teacher who transfers to another school district; allow to be credited.
Teacher license; allow supplemental endorsement and revise provisions of issuance.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
"MS Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (MAICU) Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Appropriation; additional to Accelerate MS for the ARPA Nurse/Health Science Workforce Programs-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to IHL SFA for the Nurse and Allied Health Loan Repayment Program-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to DFA for the COVID-19 DMO Grant Program, -ARPA.
Appropriation; additional to Public Safety, Department of; Coronavirus Death Benefits-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; Additional to Public Safety, Department of; for operations-ARPA funds.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
Capital Expense Funds; FY2023 appropriation to MDOT for the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund.
In committee · 9
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Jackson State University in paying costs associated with repairs and renovations.
Bonds; authorize to assist City of Jackson in paying costs associated with various projects.
City of Jackson hotel/motel occupancy tax; increase from 75¢ to $2.00 per day for each occupied room.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on 1% restaurant, hotel and motel tax for Convention and Visitors Bureau.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on Convention & Visitors Bureau and tourism tax, and increase hotel/motel tax rate.