Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, Senate.
Sollie B. Norwood
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Mississippi High School Activities Association; require to comply with Mississippi Open Meetings Law to receive public funds.
In committee9
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Expungement; consolidate statutes concerning.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Critical Teacher Shortage Area License; create alternative license to be issued for educators who teach in designated areas.
Health insurance; Commissioner of Insurance must approve rate filings containing an increase in premiums.
Open meetings; revise accessibility to information on meeting times, agenda and minutes.
Seventh Circuit; additional ADA's.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in restoration and renovation of Scott Ford Midwife Houses in downtown Jackson.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Secretary of State's official seal; include the phrase "In God We Trust" at the bottom.
Teachers; revise licensure.
Uniform Partition of Heir Property Act; create.
Workforce development; create study committee on and require agencies, departments and institutions to report certain monies related to.
Office of Workforce Development; establish.
Mississippi Qualified Health Center Grant Program; provide for physician grants.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Equity in Distance Learning Act; enact.
The Mississippi County and Municipality Emergency Relief Program; establish.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.-CARES Act.
Passed the Senate · 9
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Historic structure tax credit; extend deadline for eligibility.
School board members; increase pay.
Municipalities; establish expedited procedure to acquire and clear title on tax-forfeited lands.
Law enforcement officers and firefighters; increase the death benefits payable to.
Ex-offender provisional driver's license; provide for.
Solemnize marriage; authorize certain federal judges to perform rites.
Fresh Start Act of 2019; revise applicability of.
Local governmental entities and school districts; authorize grant of admin leave with pay in certain disasters or emergencies.
In committee · 12
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi Performance-Based-Pay (MPBP) Plan; allow schools to grant enhanced supplements to more experienced teachers.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks.
Appropriation FY 2020; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Fair chance hiring standards for employers; establish.
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considering in rebutting presumption of fairness.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his debt to society.
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.
Hinds Community College District Board of Trustees; provide for selection of.
Sales tax; exempt sale of groceries.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; remove phase out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Absentee Voter Law; authorize 2020 electors to vote by in-person absentee and remove notary requirements.