Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Rita Potts Parks
Sponsored
Became law2
Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Act and Mississippi Uniform Agents act; revise various provisions of.
MS Department of Health and MS Department of Revenue; provide certain exemptions for operation required under Medical Cannabis Act.
Passed the Senate2
Hospital Nurse and Allied Health Professional Retention Loan Program; create.
"MS Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (MAICU) Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
In committee12
Graduate Nursing Loan Repayment Program; establish.
University of Mississippi Medical Center; create Hospital Board to oversee the business operations of the hospital.
Public Service Commission; remove from the porvisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Pharmacy Benefit Prompt Pay Act; revise.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in paying costs of various projects in Alcorn and Tippah Counties.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist in paying costs of Yellow Creek Port Project in Tishomingo County.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Blue Mountain for improvements to the Blue Mountain Children's Park.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Walnut for the Walnut Drainage Project.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Corinth for veterans honor memorial on Old Highway 45/72.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Corinth for EFLAP Bridge Replacement Project.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Farmington for computer equipment upgrade.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Alcorn County for improvements to Getwell Road-Harper Road intersection.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
Critical Race Theory; prohibit.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.
Volunteer firefighters; allow local governments to pay certain expenses for injury, illness and insurance.
Commercial motor vehicles; authorize voluntary inspection program.
Motor vehicle loads; clarify provisions regarding illumination of loads extending beyond rear of vehicle.
COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; create and require MDOH to establish and administer.
"Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural Research, Extension and Land-Grant 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; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Appropriation; additional to Environmental Quality for the MS MCWI Grant Program-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to Health Department for the Covid-19 Hospital Capacity Program and operations-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to DFA-Bureau of Building,-ARPA Funds.
Appropriation; to DFA for the MAICU and Ind K-12 Grant Program, - ARPA funds.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Passed the Senate · 10
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
COVID-19 Destination Marketing Organization Grant Program Fund; create.
Appropriation; Child Protective Services, Department of-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; Mississippi Emergency Management Agency-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; National Guard,-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to Accelerate MS for the ARPA Nurse/Health Science Workforce Programs-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to IHL SFA for the Nurse and Allied Health Loan Repayment Program-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; additional to DFA for the COVID-19 DMO Grant Program, -ARPA.
Appropriation; additional to Public Safety, Department of; Coronavirus Death Benefits-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; Additional to Public Safety, Department of; for operations-ARPA funds.
Out of committee · 1
Medicaid reimbursement; allow for border city university-affiliated pediatric hospitals to be reimbursed.
In committee · 1
Mississippi Nurse/Health Science Training and Retention Act; establish.