Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Angela Burks Hill
Sponsored
Became law1
High school graduation requirements; allow sign language to be counted as a foreign language.
Passed the Senate3
Occupational Licensing Review Board; revise membership.
State agencies; notify Legislature of proposed rule adoption.
Alternative nicotine products; prohibit distribution or sale of certain products.
In committee65
Criminal law; increase penalties for crimes of impersonating patrolman or law enforcement officer.
Probation and parole officers; limit number of cases that may be handled.
Land ownership; prohibit certain entities from.
Automobile liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Medicaid; prohibit coverage or reimbursement for gender transition procedures for persons over 18 years of age.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after age 21.
Child support; award children of deceased victim of aggravated DUI.
Child Protection Services; require disclosure of reporter in certain cases of false abuse and neglect reports.
Child abuse or neglect; provide for civil liability false reports of.
Female genital mutilation; prohibit and create civil cause of action.
MS Public Records Act; prohibit confidentiality of settlement agreement.
Guardian ad litem fees; failure to pay enforced as any other civil debt.
Eminent domain; provide compensation for the loss of a business's goodwill.
Alteration or renaming of historical monuments, memorials and streets; prohibit and provide sanctions.
Columbia Training School; amend DFA conveyance authority to require consideration that best promotes public interest.
Voting; require printed record of each vote.
"Service Canine Protection Act of 2024"; enact.
Trespass; criminalize offense on property other than a structure or conveyance.
Anatomical gifts and organ transplant; prohibit person from being denied based on their COVID vaccination status.
Health Care Certificate of Need Law; Repeal.
Reinforcing College Education on America's Constitutional Heritage (REACH) Act; create.
Board of Cosmetologist; allow special permits for shampooists.
United States Citizenship Test; require as a condition for high school graduation.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; require Department of Human Services to issue photo EBT cards.
State Superintendent of Education; provide limitation on salary.
Tenure programs for public university faculty; phase out.
School curriculum; allow public schools and charter schools to offer elective courses relating to certain religious texts.
School counselors; delete requirement of counselors to abide by the American School Counselor Association Code of Ethics.
Schools; prohibit certain concepts in curriculum and provide punishment and appeal procedure.
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; add general surgery as possible career path.
Crime of distribution of obscene materials; delete exemption for public and private school libraries.
Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Fund for additional round of trucks under Acquisition Assistance Program.
Youth court; prohibit intake based solely on the opinion of a medical professional on contract with DHS or CPS.
RICO; amend to include the crime of dogfighting.
Background checks for statewide and local candidates; increase qualifying fees to cover.
School vaccinations; authorize exemption on religious grounds.
Birth certificates; require certain information be included.
State flag; change to the design by Lourie Formby.
Mississippi Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarship Program; include students of private high schools.
State Health Plan; provide coverage for prosthetic teeth and dental implants for children with oligodontia.
Illegal immigration; criminalize under state law.
Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; limit consecutive terms, and impose certain additional qualifications.
Sales tax; create diversion to counties.
Eminent Domain; require entities to notify and explain proposed projects to landowners before hiring a surveyor.
Mississippi National Security in Public Purchasing Act; create.
Electric/hybrid vehicle tax; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Parole Board; prescribe qualifications for the board and post parole hearings on DOC website.
Mississippi Workplace Safety Act; enact.
Mississippi Aid to Sexual Offense Victim Reporting Act; enact.
Guaranteed income program with unconditional cash payments; prohibit local governments from implementing.
DEI Program Ban; eliminate DEI programs in any state-funded institution.
Boys scouts and Girl scouts; allow to speak to students regarding civic invovlement with principal's approval.
Sexual activity between certain individuals incarcerated in correctional facilities; clarify.
Mississippi Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act; enact.
Department of Archives and History; revise appointing authority for members of the board of trustees.
Resident lifetime sportsman hunting and fishing license; offer at a discounted rate to 10-year WFP conservation officers.
Raw milk; allow the personal consumption and individual sale of.
Medicaid eligibility; prohibit potential beneficiary's self-attestation.
Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; enact.
Birth certificate; require designation of sex and prohibit change unless mistake at the time the certificate was issued.
The Title IX Preservation Act; enact.
TANF benefit work requirement waivers; prohibit department of human services from requesting in all cases.
Ambulance licenses; require each entity to show proof of mutual aid agreements to ensure proper response times.
Mississippi medical consent requirements; provide for anti-commandeering protection from certain federal laws.
Vaccines; provide procedure for medical exemption from.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 18
Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Motor vehicle theft; revise penalty for.
Israel Support Act of 2019; extend repealer on.
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create.
SAFER Act; enact.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Health benefit plans; set provisions related to diagnostic breast exams and individualized investigational drugs.
Medical records retention requirements; provide for.
Appropriation; Mental Health, 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 · 4
Shoplifting; modify finding required before imposing a sentence of imprisonment.
Receiving stolen property; revise the crime of.
Native wineries; authorize to make sales at one satellite location in same county.
Utility Service; prevent government restrictions based on energy source required.
In committee · 3
Sales tax; 1.5% rate for retail sales of cattle trailers and fencing materials to farmers for agricultural purposes.
Medical records; prohibit health care facilities from withholding from parents the records of their minor children.
Liability insurance; impound vehicles operated without mandatory limits.