Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Mike Thompson
Sponsored
Became law2
Department of Marine Resources; update authority regarding regulation of oyster beds and water bottoms.
Technology-based capital assistance programs; revise certain terms and amounts of assistance.
Passed the Senate1
Municipalities; authorize to assess administrative or civil penalties for zoning violations.
Out of committee2
Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2023; enact.
Tourism; create the Mississippi Golf Association Grant Program.
In committee6
Community hospital board of trustees; revise procedure for removing a trustee.
Scrap metal dealers; bring forward provisions related to.
Involuntary civil commitments; limit county's liability for costs of medical treatment.
IHL equipment leasing and purchase program; raise expenditure threshold.
Designate the Kemp's Ridley as "The Official State Sea Turtle of the State of Mississippi".
Off-Road Commercial Operations Gas Tax Rebate Study Committee; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Hospital police department; authorize for certain private entities.
State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Commercial crabbing licenses; applicable to boat instead of each fisherman.
Department of Marine Resources, Office of Marine Patrol; cooperate with federal law enforcement.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
Passed the Senate · 1
Mississippi Office of Space and Technology; create and direct Mississippi Development Authority to administer.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Foster Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create.
In committee · 5
Highways; designate section of US-90 (East Beach Blvd) in Harrison County for Myrtis Franke.
Gas stoves; enjoin federal rules or regulations prohibiting the sale or possession of.
Bottom land leasing for oyster production; clarify authority of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.
Recreational off highway vehicles; authorize operation on county roads subject to registration and other requirements.
Mississippi Help Not Harm Act; enact.