Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Rod Hickman
Sponsored
Became law2
Designate American Quarter Horse as the Official State Horse and Kemp's Ridley sea turtle as Official Sea Turtle of Mississippi.
Foster care children; allow free access to museums and state parks, allow free transcripts from colleges and junior colleges.
Out of committee1
Firearms and weapons; authorize nonviolent felons to possess and use.
In committee10
Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three-year-old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
Ease Access to Suffrage (EASE) Act; enact.
Sales tax; exempt sales of groceries.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of groceries during the month of August.
Elections; allow individuals to vote by affidavit if they register after thirty-day cutoff but before election day.
Mississippi Kratom Consumer Protection Act; enact.
Warrantless search; odor of marijuana insufficient to provide probable cause for.
Custody; create rebuttable presumption of joint custody with equal parenting time.
Mississippi Tort Claims Act; create publicly accessible registry for certain entities subject to.
Statewide Intervention Court Taskforce; establish.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
The Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Trust Fund; bring forward provision related to.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Medical Cannabis Research Advisory Board; enact and create the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Research Program.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 1
In-person early voting; allow.
In committee · 17
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.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Suffrage; restore to Edward Carter, Sr.
Suffrage; provide for restoration upon completion of sentence and other conditions.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
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.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Jurors; increase range of per diem for.
Contraception; provide right to obtain and engage in.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Claiborne County for renovation of county library.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to JSU for campus safety.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Boys and Girls Club for replacing roof.