Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Nicole Boyd
Sponsored
Became law2
Health insurance; revise mandated coverage for telemedicine services.
Community mental health centers; provide that health insurers may not deny the right to participate as a contract provider.
Passed the Senate4
Open meetings; legislative advisory committee members must be invited to stay during executive session.
Open Meetings Law; require official meetings to be broadcast via video livestream applications, with exceptions.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
City of Batesville; extend repealer on restaurant, hotel and motel tax for tourism.
Out of committee1
Garbage collection liens; expire after a certain number of years.
In committee21
Genetic information; limit use of in certain insurance policies.
State agencies; transfer MS Athletic Commission and Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission to Secretary of State.
School attendance officer; require to attend training for understanding children with disabilities.
Habitually disruptive students; require to be evaluated for disability under IDEA after disruptive behavior.
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; define authority to enter into agreements with public or private entities.
MS Industries for the Blind; authorize to enter into contracts and agree to certain terms and conditions when in its best interest.
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; create.
Drug paraphernalia; except testing equipment used to detect fentanyl from definition of.
Sales tax; exempt sales of feminine hygiene products.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; define" child with a disability" for purposes of creating exemption from unexcused absence.
Schools; provide for mental health services providers and mental-wellness training.
Justice courts; require to accept electronic filing.
Vulnerable persons; make reports available to Secretary of State.
Foster children; may sign certain rental agreements if over 18.
Practice of cosmetology; revise.
Radar; authorize limited use of by sheriffs.
Public school option; allow parent of a student to enroll student in school with certified academic language therapist.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Oxford in paying costs of repair and renovation of building for police department.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to County of Lafayette for purchase of fire trucks and equipment.
City of Oxford; authorize expansion of water system within a certain distance outside corporate limits.
City of Oxford; authorize electronic signatures for warrant applications for violations of Implied Consent Law.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
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.
Personal delivery devices; regulate.
"Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Town of Sardis; authorize the levy of a tax on hotel, motel and restaurant sales.
Passed the Senate · 12
Travel Insurance Act of 2022; create.
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
Arrest warrants; authorize electronic signatures.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Mississippi Equal Pay Act; enact.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; set term of executive director and create Division of Parks and Recreation.
Mississippi Pill Press Law of 2022; enact.
Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
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.
Out of committee · 3
State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.
Law enforcement officers; entitled to certain follow-up drug testing before loss of certification.
Single or loose cigarettes; prohibit sale of and set certain penalties for violations.
In committee · 11
Firearms; clarify that possession of multiple firearms shall subject felon to multiple charges.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for children under 21.
Mississippi Financial Literacy Act; create.
Anatomical gifts; prohibit discrimination against recipient based on disability.
Mental health courts; create.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Board certified occupational therapist employed by schools; allow to be eligible for salary supplement.
Retailer Tax Fairness Act; create.
State General Funds; FY2023 approp. to State Aid Road Fund to reimburse for monies expended to counties due to HB 779 (2019).
State General Fund; FY2023 appropriation to Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund to be utilized by MDOT.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.