Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Angela Burks Hill
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Buddy's Law; order psychiatric evaluations for children adjudicated delinquent for abuse of a domesticated dog or cat.
Out of committee3
Youth court records; provide that parents have right to redacted copies.
Counties; authorize civil debt for cost of cleaning real property.
Local governmental entities; authorize to offer supplemental compensation to employees who decline group insurance coverage.
In committee57
Campaign finance reports; to be available on county and municipal websites.
Alteration or renaming of historical monuments, memorials and streets; prohibit and provide sanctions.
Columbia Training School property; DFA may transfer portion of to the Marion County Board of Supervisors.
Child abuse or neglect; provide for civil liability false reports of.
Mississippi Health Care Cost Transparency Act; enact.
Practice of surveying; exclude certain activities from the definition of.
MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.
Guardianship; clarify a parent's right to nominate a guardian in TPR proceedings and clarify the fictive kin disposition alternative.
Workers' Compensation; vaccine-related accidents or injuries shall be compensable.
Concealed-carry license; 18-year-old with instructor certification qualifies for enhanced.
Domestic abuse; allow protection of pets in a protection order.
Eminent domain; provide compensation for the loss of a business's goodwill.
Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.
Shoplifting; provide that second offense within 5 years shall be a felony.
Vaccinations; disclose information statements upon request and create medical exemption.
Birth Certificates; require certain information be included.
Appointments to executive agency boards; to be made from current Mississippi congressional districts.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; may review existing regulations to ensure compliance with state policy.
Occupational Licensing Review Commission; require supervision of civil actions brought by occupational licensing boards.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
State agencies; notify Legislature of proposed rule adoption.
Mississippi resident bidder preference; provide 10% preference over vendors located outside of the United States.
Economic interest statements; require local governing authorities to file with Ethics Commission.
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
School vaccinations; authorize exemption upon objection of parent on religious grounds.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; require Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT cards.
Transgender 21 Act; enact.
Health Care Certificate of Need Law; repeal.
Child Protection Services social worker interviews with parents or children; require video and audio recordings.
Protection of free speech and association at public universities; withhold state funds for unconstitutional policy.
"Service Canine Protection Act of 2022"; enact.
Trespass; criminalize offense on property other than a structure or conveyance.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Earned-release supervision; require Parole Board to approve release of offenders.
Parole revocation; revise definition of technical violation.
Probation and parole officers; limit number of cases that may be handled.
Voting; require printed record of each vote.
Voter registration; applicants must submit documentation proving U.S. citizenship.
Local government; prohibit ordinances authorizing camping on public property and sidewalks.
Mississippi Companion Animal Abuser Registry Act; enact.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21.
Youth court; prohibit intake based solely on the opinion of a medical professional on contract with DHS or CPS.
Nonprofit medical clinic; require financial statement filed with Secretary of State.
Motorcycles and bicyles; allow to proceed through red light if green light is not triggered.
Elections; prohibit acceptance of private money for conducting.
Automobile liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Armed educator; create Mississippi School Protection Act.
"Transparency in Education Act"; prohibit certain curriculum in public schools without parental consent.
Local school district-issued computers; require content filtering.
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Compassion Act; create.
Nursing home care; authorize nursing home resident or representative to have monitoring device installed in room.
Highway Patrol and Bureau of Narcotics; revise compensation.
Circuit clerks; increase compensation for election duties.
No Patient Left Alone Act; enact.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
Honey; revise definition of for purposes of labeling requirements enforced by the Mississippi Department of Agriculture.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
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.
Hunting and fishing licenses; allow inclusion of organ donor registration.
Department of Public Safety; revise provisions related to.
"Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Counties; delete the duty of the clerk of the board of supervisors to report to the grand jury.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 7
Sentence suspension; prohibit for crimes involving the exploitation of children.
Professional Engineers & Surveyors Licensing Board; remove provision requiring Governor to make appointments from nominees.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; set terms of office.
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; set term of executive director and create Division of Parks and Recreation.
Judicial candidates; revise political limitations on.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
In committee · 4
Vaccines; prevent entities that receive state funding from requiring individuals to receive COVID vaccine.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Poplarville to improve water infrastructure.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 approp. to City of Poplarville for city's fire and police departments.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.