Bills in the 2024 Regular Session, Senate.
Bart Williams
Sponsored
Became law4
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Ground lease for solar installation at Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Stations; authorize.
Cyber Security Review Board; create.
Retainage; further define and outline the process related to.
Passed the Senate2
Walker's Law; enact to criminalize sexual extortion.
Cybersecurity; prohibit agencies from paying ransoms.
In committee11
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize for supporters of the Grand Chapter of Mississippi Order of the Eastern Star.
School attendance officers, State Superintendant of Education, Executive Director of Community College Board; set salaries.
Motor vehicles; require proof of liability insurance before license tag or decal may be issued or renewed.
Local governments; prohibit from imposing penalties or fines on security companies when false security alarm occurs.
Mississippi Airport Critical Needs Grant Program; create.
Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) Act; amend.
Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act; enact.
Texting; require software companies to utilize encryption software.
Mississippi Employment Protection Act; revise penalties and authorize regulations for enforcement.
Wire fraud; require banks to report to the Secret Service and MOHS.
Capital Expense Fund; additional appropriation to MDA for the Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Sheriffs; revise cap on annual salary supplement.
Mississippi Foreign Land Ownership Act; create.
Property exemption; revise provisions regarding property belonging to certain foundations.
SAFER Act; enact.
Nonprofit agricultural membership organization; authorize to issue health insurance and exempt from insurance regulation.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Passed the Senate · 3
Utility Service; prevent government restrictions based on energy source required.
Retired teachers; authorize to receive PERS benefits and work full-time in certain critical shortage areas.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Out of committee · 1
Early Intervention Task Force; reconstitute and set membership and responsibilities.
In committee · 6
Retired Teacher Return to Work Task Force; establish.
Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.
Mississippi Organized Retail Theft Crime Prevention Act; enact.
High school graduation requirements; require civics course to graduate.
Department of Archives and History; authorize schools to receive waiver of certain preservation requirements.
General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Mississippi USA Semiquincentennial Commission.