Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Brice Wiggins
Sponsored
Became law3
Child support; administratively suspend obligations for incarcerated individuals.
Bail agents; revise procedure for determining in municipal and justice courts.
Out-of-state lawyers; disclosure required in certain advertisements if not licensed to practice law in Mississippi.
Passed the Senate6
Transportation; require disclosure of the total charges in the rental of motor vehicles.
Supreme court; require to promulgate rules requiring the disclosure of all entities financially interested in litigation.
Medicaid; authorize liquidated damages in requests for proposals, bring forward provision related to.
Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken.
Circuit court districts; increase number of assistant district attorneys and criminal investigators.
Department of Child Protection Services; separate agency from the Department of Human Services.
Out of committee2
Special Care Facility for Paroled Inmates; bring forward provisions for possible amendment.
Suffrage; restore to Jessica Compton.
In committee30
First Responder Appreciation and Recruitment Act; create.
Statewide county court system; create.
School curriculum; require that schools teach civics and government before completion of twelfth grade.
Open Meetings Act; court shall void any action taken in violation of.
Mississippi Design Professionals Act; enact.
Appointed counsel; increase maximum compensation available for representation of indigent defendants.
Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013; revise minimum funding levels.
Regional commission of community mental health board; revise membership of.
State Early Childhood Advisory Council; prescribe additional duties and include more members.
CPS; revise certain provisions to establish clear path to permanency for children in custody of.
Youth court; provide right of representation and notice to CPS in proceedings involving certain children.
Budget; exempt DPS from prohibition against charging for services or resources received.
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Chancery; revise continuing jurisdiction in domestic matters where parties no longer reside in county.
Practice of medicine; revise definition, licensure procedures and disciplinary procedures under the Medical Practice Act.
Screening & approval program for over-the-counter availability & retail sale of products; establish through Department of Health.
State Board of Physical Therapy; authorize Board to issue subpoenas.
Board of Funeral Services; revise certain duties, powers and licensing requirements.
Income tax; authorize a credit for dependent care equal to that allowed for federal income tax purposes.
Income tax; authorize credits for certain child care expenses and for Pre-K providers for care of certain children.
City of Pascagoula; extend repealer on hotel/motel/bed-and-breakfast tourism tax.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Pascagoula for East Pascagoula police substation.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Gautier for restoration of Historic Schoolhouse.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Singing River Health System for construction of Healthcare Training Academy.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Jackson County for construction of the Jackson County Blueway Connection.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Ocean Springs for construction of conference center.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority for continued economic development.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Gautier for completion of Town Commons Park.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Ocean Springs for repairs to Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to MDOT to the Southern Rail Commission to draw down federal transportation funds.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Hospital police department; authorize for certain private entities.
Ballot harvesting; ban.
Tourism; Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
Appropriation; Revenue, Department of.
Appropriation; Tax Appeals Board.
Appropriation; Workers' Compensation Commission.
Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Jackson County; authorize Board of Supervisors and Utility Authority to share equipment, labor, services, resources and funds.
Passed the Senate · 1
Mississippi Office of Space and Technology; create and direct Mississippi Development Authority to administer.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2023; enact.
In committee · 3
Highways; designate section of US-90 (East Beach Blvd) in Harrison County for Myrtis Franke.
Bottom land leasing for oyster production; clarify authority of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.
Open Meetings law; amend to include Legislature and provide judicial enforcement of.