Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Joseph Thomas
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Suffrage; restore suffrage to Vedo Kyles.
In committee23
Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Anguilla in paying costs of improvements projects.
Bonds; authorize to assist Village of Cary in paying costs of construction of fire station.
Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Anguilla in paying costs of construction of museum and visitor center.
Distinctive tag; authorize for King Hiram Grand Lodge & Electra Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star AF & AM Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for West Central Mississippi Incubator Grant Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for improvements to Rolling Fork Civic and Event Center.
Bonds; authorize to assist Serenity on the Bayou in Anguilla renovate and equip building for Emmanuel Community Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Community Health and Wellness Center, Inc., health care facility renovations in Isola.
West Central Mississippi Incubator Grant Program; establish with county governments, DFA and local development districts.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of Triangle Cultural Center in Yazoo City.
Bonds; authorize issuance for demolition and cleanup of dilapidated structures in downtown Rolling Fork.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of Oakes African American Cultural Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Yazoo County in paying costs of drainage project.
Bonds; authorize to assist Town of Rolling Fork in paying costs of Muddy Waters memorial sculpture.
Bonds; authorize to assist Humphreys County in paying costs of roadway, curb and gutter improvements in Westgate Subdivision.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to City of Rolling Fork for improvement of water system.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Village of Eden for improvement of water and sewer system.
General Funds; FY2024-appropriation to Humphreys County for certain roadway, curb and gutter improvements.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Yazoo County for a drainage project.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to MDA for the West Central Mississippi Incubator Grant Program.
Restoration of the Right to Vote Act; enact.
Municipally owned utilities; authorize to accept electronic payments and to absorb transaction fees in its rate base.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to the Village of Cary to pay the costs associated with the construction of a fire station.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development.
Pet insurance; establish provisions for the sale and renewal of policies.
Tourism; Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
Passed the Senate · 1
School attendance officers; revise to increase the minimum base salary.
Out of committee · 2
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager; revise certain requirements of.
In committee · 26
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery, remove permanent total disability compensation cap.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Crown Act; enact to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Confederate Memorial Day; remove from list of legal holidays.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries in August.
Jackson State University; create program to construct new football stadium.
Program for gifted education; require school districts to provide for academically gifted students in Grades 6 through 12.
Assistant teachers; increase minimum salary.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; revise provisions of and lower eligibility for certain scholarship programs.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that required drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Department of Human Services; create governing board.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Jackson State University for the purpose of constructing student housing.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to JSU for upgrades to its water system.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Pearl River Valley Water Supply District to dredge portions of the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Sisters in Birth nonprofit charitable clinic.
General funds; FY2024 appropriation to DFA for Bill Waller Craft Center repair, renovation, upgrades and improvements.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.