Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Neil S. Whaley
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Electric bicycles; classify as bicycles and not as motor vehicles, and regulate.
State parks; create study committee on restructuring ownership and management arrangements.
Out of committee2
CWD; make testing of white-tailed deer harvested in enclosures discretionary with WF&P Department and Commission.
Wild hogs; clarify designation of Class I violation for transportation of, and eliminate permits.
In committee3
Homochitto National Forest Dog Permit; authorize statewide.
White tailed deer; authorize game breeder's license allowing for raising in enclosures.
Marshall County; expand boundaries of Marshall Utility Services Sewer District.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Athletics; provide that schools designate teams by biological sex.
Transportation; revise provisions relating to motor carrier enforcement, harvest permits, and funding.
Passed the Senate · 5
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create.
In committee · 4
Certificate of need; issue CON to Panola Medical Center for adult psych beds and North MS Medical Center for child psych beds.
Uninsured motorists; impose strict liability for traffic accidents.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain railroad reconstruction/replacement expenditures.
City of New Albany; authorize to lease fiber to internet service providers for provision of broadband service.