Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Sollie B. Norwood
Sponsored
In committee14
Health insurance; Commissioner of Insurance must approve rate filings containing an increase in premiums.
Expungement; consolidate statutes concerning.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
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.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in restoration and renovation of Scott Ford Midwife Houses in downtown Jackson.
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Open meetings; revise accessibility to information on meeting times, agenda and minutes.
Grocery items; prohibit cost-plus pricing.
Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
City of Jackson; authorize to continue contributions to Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act; allow athletes to be compensated for name, image and likeness.
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount.
Radar speed detection; revise provisions concerning use by Highway Patrol and municipal law enforcement in certain cities.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 6
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
State agencies; revise reporting requirements when personnel actions are exempted from State Personnel Board procedures.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Domestic violence shelters; revise eligibility for funds.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks and SNAP incentives.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
In committee · 12
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Tax Payer Pay Raise Act; remove phase-out of income & franchise tax & remove deduction of federal employment tax.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act; remove phase-out of income & franchise tax, and remove deduction of federal employment tax.
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
"T Initiative of 2021"; create program that provides support to schools for virtual learning.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
General Funds; FY2022 appropriation to the Seventh Circuit Court District for additional contractual assistant district attorneys.
General Funds; FY 2022 appropriation to Department of Health for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for the Ayers Restoration Fund.