Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Rod Hickman
Sponsored
Became law4
County prosecuting attorney; clarify authorization to defend persons in criminal prosecutions in any other county.
Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers; add certain individuals to definition of qualified personnel.
Kemper County; authorize board of supervisors to expand scope of authority of Gas District to become county utility district.
Lauderdale County; extend date of repeal on authority to fund LCDF Chaplaincy program with certain revenue.
Passed the Senate1
Mississippi Fentanyl and Drug Abuse Education Program; establish within Department of Mental Health.
Out of committee1
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 145 to Bishop Leroy Horne.
In committee15
Elections; allow individuals to vote by affidavit if they register after thity-day cutoff but before election day.
Elections; state and counties must equally share the cost of prepaid postage for return mail-in ballots.
Warrantless search; odor of marijuana insufficient to provide probable cause for.
Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three year old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
TANF or Food Stamps; revise to no longer require child support cooperation policy for participation.
Elections; revise procedures regarding voter roll maintenance and monitoring.
Garbage trucks; exclude from the definition of "commercial motor vehicle" in the Commercial Driver's License Act.
Ease Access to Suffrage (EASE) Act; enact.
Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act; create.
Designate American Quarter Horse as the "Official State Horse of the State of Mississippi."
Circuit court judges and chancellors; increase annual stipend for office operations, support staff and law clerks.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who serve as volunteer firefighters.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries in August.
Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Deficit Prevention Act; require state agencies to notify certain officials when likelihood of a deficit exists.
Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development.
Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility for funds.
Forestry; create the Forestry Facility Grant Program.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
School board members; increase pay.
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.
Passed the Senate · 1
School attendance officers; revise to increase the minimum base salary.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Foster Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create.
In committee · 23
Marijuana; authorize expunction of convictions where amount was under the legally allowed amount of medical cannabis.
Marijuana; provide for automatic expunction where the amount of marijuana was under the legal amount of medical cannabis.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Crown Act; enact to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Motor vehicle sales and distribution; provide for independence of dealership tier.
Grandparents; authorize the payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Confederate Memorial Day; remove from list of legal holidays.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Jackson State University; create program to construct new football stadium.
Marijuana; legalize.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; revise provisions of and lower eligibility for certain scholarship programs.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that required drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Department of Human Services; create governing board.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Jackson State University for the purpose of constructing student housing.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to JSU for upgrades to its water system.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in paying costs of improvements to North Hills Street in Meridian.