Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Joseph M. Seymour
Sponsored
Became law5
Disabled veterans license tags; revise provisions regarding disability rating and persons eligible for.
Veteran service officers; authorize certain action on behalf of a veteran under a power of attorney, provide immunity to.
Pecan Harvesting Law; revise penalties for violating.
Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; require additional regulation of freshwater fishing guides.
Jackson County; authorize Board of Supervisors and Utility Authority to share equipment, labor, services, resources and funds.
Passed the Senate1
Executive Director of the State Veterans Affairs Board; appointed by Governor with advice and consent of Senate.
In committee13
Historical monuments and memorials; delete authority to move.
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise appointments to reflect congressional districts at time of appointments.
Vote fraud; increase penalties.
Organized retail theft; revise.
Shoplifting; revise penalties.
Firearms, firearm entities and knives; prohibit governmental entities from entering into certain contracts regarding.
Youth records; authorize member of Legislature to inspect upon written release.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Counties and municipalities; prohibiting use of automated recording equipment to track motor vehicle liability insurance.
Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; convert into advisory commission.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or service to 5th Squad Veteran Nonprofit.
Construction contractors; repeal law requiring local permitting and annual State Board of Contractors licensing.
Mississippi Legislative Regulatory Oversight Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 23
MS School Safety Guardian Act; create.
"Mississippi Native Plant Month"; designate each April as.
Public land in Rankin County; authorize DFA to assign property to state agencies and establish new Veterans Nursing Home.
Ballot harvesting; ban.
Tourism; Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.
State inmates; require MDOC to pay increased rate to house inmates in county jails.
Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations for infrastructure projects.
Forestry; create the Forestry Facility Grant Program.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 315 to Nolan Mettetal.
Minority; remove for beneficiaries of certain insurance policies.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
School board members; increase pay.
Sixteenth Section lands; no law, ordinance or regulation shall prohibit school districts from using for educational facilities.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Company Act; increase the amount of investment tax credits that can be allocated under.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Passed the Senate · 8
Sales tax; exempt sales of coins, currency and bullion.
Firearms; authorize law enforcement officers to purchase at fair market value upon retirement.
Bribery of a public official; increase statute of limitations to 5 years.
Municipal waterworks; ensure just, reasonable and transparent billing in.
Elections; allow the Attorney General to investigate alleged election fraud.
Elections; penalty for fraudulently requesting or submitting absentee ballots.
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools.
Mississippi Office of Space and Technology; create and direct Mississippi Development Authority to administer.
Out of committee · 1
Pharmacy Benefit Manager; revise certain requirements of.
In committee · 7
Highways; designate section of US-90 (East Beach Blvd) in Harrison County for Myrtis Franke.
Mississippi Suppressor Freedom Act; enact.
Gas stoves; enjoin federal rules or regulations prohibiting the sale or possession of.
Transactions in game animals; clarify that any exception to prohibition must appear in same chapter of code.
Open Meetings law; amend to include Legislature and provide judicial enforcement of.
Mississippi Help Not Harm Act; enact.
"Mississippi Families' Rights and Responsibilities Act"; enact.