Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Nicole Boyd
Sponsored
Became law3
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Alcoholic beverages; revise various provisions relating to distilleries.
Lafayette County; change governing law for county trust fund investments from PERS to MS Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
Passed the Senate2
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
Dyslexia Awareness Training Program; require teachers to complete two hours of training for.
Out of committee2
Equal pay; prohibit paying state employees at rates less than those paid to employees of a different sex for equal work.
Panola County; exempt certain tracts of land from certain provisions of Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law.
In committee16
Certificate of need; issue CON to Panola Medical Center for adult psych beds and North MS Medical Center for child psych beds.
Education Continuum for Mississippi's Future Task Force; create.
High-performing education systems design; establish task force.
SNAP Health Food Incentive Program; create.
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and trauma informed training.
Health Care Certificate of Need review; provide for automatic transfer of certain beds.
Bonds; increase authorized amount for improvements to facilities to house Concourse Workforce Training Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Lafayette County in paying costs of road projects.
Mississippi Foster Care Fund; increase assessment and transfer to Attorney General.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2020-2021 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define "child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior.
School attendance officer; require to attend training for understanding children with disabilities.
Bonds; increase amount to improve capacity and safety of intersection of MS Highway 7 and University Avenue in Oxford.
Health insurance; revise mandated coverage for telemedicine services.
City of Oxford; amend code reference to conform to governing law change from PERS to MS Uniform Prudent Investor Act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Pretrial Intervention Program; prohibit eligibility for persons charged with public embezzlement over a certain amount.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Driver's license requirements; exempt military members, spouses and dependent children under certain conditions.
Passed the Senate · 8
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks and SNAP incentives.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create.
Town of Sardis; extend repeal date on hotel, motel and restaurant tax.
In committee · 5
State flag; adopt as the official state flag the design approved by 72% of the voters in the statewide special election.
Hate crimes; revise delineation of victim.
Certificate of need; issue CON to Panola Medical Center for adult psych beds and North MS Medical Center for child psych beds.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for children under 21.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.