Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Chuck Younger
Sponsored
Became law3
Mississippi Fair Commission; remove repealer and revise advisory council composition.
Driver's license requirements; exempt military members, spouses and dependent children under certain conditions.
Lowndes County; increase amount that may be contributed to the United Way for fiscal years 2021-2023, and extend repealer.
Passed the Senate2
Central Market Board; abolish and transfer functions to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.
In committee8
Price gouging; create exemption for producers, growers or processors of food products.
Uninsured motorists; impose strict liability for traffic accidents.
Department of Finance & Administration; may contract with certain counties to take custody of misdemeanor offenders.
Tim Tebow Act; authorize interscholastic extracurricular activity participation of students enrolled in homeschools.
Public purchasing; reverse auction required for schools only when purchasing products sold through resellers.
Water authorities; allow board members to opt into the Public Employees' Retirement System pursuant to agreement with PERS.
Caledonia Natural Gas District; reconstitute board of commissioners as natural gas users rather than district residents.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Clay, Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties with certain road projects.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Transportation; revise provisions relating to motor carrier enforcement, harvest permits, and funding.
Passed the Senate · 11
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Child advocacy centers; immunity from civil liability.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
State agencies; revise reporting requirements when personnel actions are exempted from State Personnel Board procedures.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
Parole and earned release; criminalize absconding.
Dyslexia Awareness Training Program; require teachers to complete two hours of training for.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
State Auditor; increase fee which may be charged for performing audits and other services.
Out of committee · 1
Wild hogs; clarify designation of Class I violation for transportation of, and eliminate permits.
In committee · 4
Wild hogs; require metallic tags to be affixed to the ear of one that is being transported.
Hunting on streets and railroads; clarify prohibition on.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain railroad reconstruction/replacement expenditures.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Mississippi Ports Improvement Fund.