Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Josh Harkins
Sponsored
Became law9
Urine; create the crime of selling or tampering with urine.
Pharmacy practice; revise definition of "written guideline or protocol" regarding location of delegated prescribing functions.
Mississippi Professional Massage Therapy Act; provide new requirements and extend the repealer thereon.
Public purchases; specify prequalification process for construction manager at risk soliciting bids for projects.
Upholstered household furniture manufacturing job tax credit; extend repealer from 2022 to 2026.
SMART Business Act; create SMART Business Accelerate Initiative and distinguish from SMART Business Rebate.
Alcoholic beverages; remove election requirement for designation of area in Rankin County as a qualified resort area.
Residential and commercial contractors; require sales tax permit from Department of Revenue for pulling building permit.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate12
Mississippi Home Corporation; remove reverter on statute granting authority to issue negotiable bonds and notes.
Department of Revenue; allow retiring law enforcement officers to keep one issued sidearm each.
Alcoholic beverage; create delivery service permit.
Alcoholic beverages; remove provision requiring DOR to immediately revoke permit for certain unlawful sales.
Department of Revenue; bring forward code sections relating to ABC Division and authority to contract for services.
Alcoholic Beverage Control Division; remove provision that agents and inspectors do not have general police powers.
Department of Revenue; allow to use tag revenue to cover tag program expenses.
New Markets Tax Credit; extend MDA's ability to allocate by one year.
Historic structure income tax credit; cap per taxpayer and authorize sale or transfer.
Motor Vehicle Commission Law; provide obligations of manufacturers, distributors & dealers regarding rates for parts and labor.
Tax; phase out June 25 deadline for taxpayers with average liability of at least $50,000 to remit 75% of June liability.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various Mississippi Development Authority programs.
In committee6
Income tax; allow tax credit for investments in qualified clean-burning motor vehicle fuel property.
Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System; bring forward provisions relating to.
Public construction; revise authority to use design-build method of construction contracting.
Rental Assistance Grant Program; correct provision regarding rents paid in full resulting from grant acceptance.
Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Program Act; create.
Fueling Station Tax Credit Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Passed the Senate · 4
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create.
In committee · 1
Tax forfeited lands; revise statute of limitations, notice, price and fees.