Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Albert Butler
Sponsored
In committee27
Suffrage; restore to Edward Carter, Sr.
Audit; perform every 50 years to compare appropriations to Alcorn and Mississippi State University.
Task Force to Study Restoration of Adequate Funding to Alcorn State University; create.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University for STEM-related programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University to upgrade roadways and sidewalks.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for repairs and improvements to historical structures in the county.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University to strengthen support of poultry science programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn State University to support animal science research and extension programs.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Alcorn Agriculture Research and Extension for certain capital projects.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Sisters in Birth nonprofit charitable clinic.
Appropriation; FY2025 to IHL for STEM related programs at Alcorn State University.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for improvement and construction of community facilities.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for renovation of county library.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a Hydroponics Research and Teaching Greenhouse at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Walter Washington Administration and Classroom Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the K.L. Simmons Technology Building at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction a Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture and Math Center at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements at Alcorn State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to Claiborne County to assist in paying costs of various capital improvement projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Franklin County for road and bridge repair and construction.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Copiah County for demolishing the former hospital complex in Hazlehurst.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Hinds County for infrastructure projects in the Town of Utica.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to JSU for redesigning and renovating Rose E. McCoy Auditorium.
Appropriation; IHL for growth of new regional health care and medical sciences facilities of Alcorn State.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for certain infrastructure projects.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for enhancing education and infrastructure projects.
Suffrage; restore to Stanley Barnes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.
Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.
The Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; bring forward provision related to.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 8 to William Forrest Winter.
Mississippi Main Street Grant Program; amend administration of and qualifications for.
Cyber Security Review Board; create.
ARPA programs; revise related programs, provide procedure of unobligated funds, and transfer certain funds.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; additional to DMH-Children & Youth PRTF, ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to MDOT-Surface Transportation Projects, ARPA funds.
Passed the Senate · 5
Squatted vehicles; ban.
MAEP; revise funding formula.
Utility Service; prevent government restrictions based on energy source required.
Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.
State subject area tests and accountability standards; replace with college prep test and revise provisions.
In committee · 23
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulations of those providing living arrangements for one or more persons.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Grocery items; prohibit cost-plus pricing without public notice.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Elections; allow individuals to vote by affidavit if they register after thirty-day cutoff but before election day.
Cyberstalking; authorize injunction when criminal charges filed.
The CROWN Act; create to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that requires drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Sales tax; 1.5% rate for retail sales of cattle trailers and fencing materials to farmers for agricultural purposes.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
Assistant district attorneys; authorize additional in 6th circuit.
Jurors; increase range of per diem for.
Charter schools; revoke charter if school remains "D" or "F" rated for longer than two consecutive years.
Jackson State University; transfer funds for new, multipurpose stadium.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Copiah County for expanding broadband within the county.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation for construction of a facility.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain costs of land conversion to pasture suitable for agriculture.