Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Rod Hickman
Sponsored
In committee6
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Piney Woods Water Association to improve water and sewer systems.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Porterville Water Association to improve water system.
School employee leave days; allow seven additional for infectious disease quarantine.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Noxubee County in paying costs of roof replacement for county courthouse.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Noxubee County in paying costs of providing communication tower coverage throughout county.
Town of Shuqualak; authorize expansion of water system within 15 miles of corporate limits.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; create.
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
Landlord-tenant law; revise provisions of to create procedures and protection for evictions.
Health insurance; revise mandated coverage for telemedicine services.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
City of Meridian; authorize 2% increase in monthly benefits for certain retired police, firemen and employees every year.
Passed the Senate · 13
"Mississippi Grain Producer Indemnity Act"; enact.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Hospital Nurse and Allied Health Professional Retention Loan Program; create.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Mississippi grain warehouse and grain dealers licensure law; revise and combine into grain handler license.
Election commissioners; remove skills assessment requirement.
Mississippi Broadband Expansion Act; enact.
Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
"MS Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (MAICU) Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center; revise lease or contract requirements for the operation of.
In committee · 4
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.