Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Sollie B. Norwood
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Jackson; authorize to continue contributions to Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc.
In committee21
Expungement; consolidate statutes concerning.
Open meetings; revise accessibility to information on meeting times, agenda and minutes.
Health insurance; Commissioner of Insurance must approve rate filings containing an increase in premiums.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Legislature; allow PERS retirees to receive retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Corporal punishment; prohibit administration of in public and charter schools for disciplinary matters.
Grocery items; prohibit cost-plus pricing without public notice.
Qualifying to run for public office; prohibit use of post office box and require physical address of residence.
Expunction and reenfranchisment; revise procedure for requesting.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Compulsory school attendance law; require appliance to kindergarten age children.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in restoration and renovation of Scott Ford Midwife Houses in downtown Jackson.
Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Jackson State University in paying costs associated with repairs and renovations.
Bonds; authorize to assist Hinds County in paying costs associated with repair and renovation of detention center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Gulf Coast Housing Partnership in paying costs of The Pearl for low-income seniors.
Bonds; authorize to assist City of Jackson in paying costs associated with various projects.
City of Jackson hotel/motel occupancy tax; increase from 75¢ to $2.00 per day for each occupied room.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on Convention & Visitors Bureau and tourism tax, and increase hotel/motel tax rate.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
State employees; provide the terms and conditions for state employees to engage in telework.
Jackson State University; authorize public/private partnership to develop property owned by JSU Development Foundation.
Certain municipalities allowed to establish overdue water/sewer payment programs; extend program repeal date.
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 · 9
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Legal service contracts; clarify exemption from Public Procurement Review Board.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
Capital Expense Funds; FY2023 appropriation to MDOT for the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund.
Out of committee · 2
Board of Cosmetology and Barbering; create, and abolish Board of Barber Examiners.
Mississippi Freedom Trail Commission; establish.
In committee · 16
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Early voting; authorize up to 20 days before any election.
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
Bonds; authorize to assist City of Jackson in paying costs of repair and renovation of Thalia Mara Hall complex.
Helping Mississippians Afford Broadband Act; create.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mental health days; allow limited leave for teachers.
SNAP Healthy Food Incentive Program Act of 2022; create.
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Ombudsman; establish in DFA.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
"Hazard Pay for Essential Health Care Workers" Grant Program; establish in State Department of Health.
Suffrage; restore to Edward Carter.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY23 Appropriation to Department of Health for Magnet Community Health Disparity Program.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on 1% restaurant, hotel and motel tax for Convention and Visitors Bureau.