Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Greenwood; extend the repeal date on the tourism tax and the Greenwood Tourism Commission.
Passed the Senate1
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
In committee8
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Teachers' salary; implement a four-year phase in to increase to the southeastern average.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment.
Appropriation FY2022; Church of God in Christ historical markers in Holmes County, Mississippi.
Appropriation FY2022; to Department of Archives and History for an historical statue of Emmett Till at Leflore County Courthouse.
Opioid and other controlled substances epidemic; provide enhanced penalties.
Conviction; clarify subsequent offense for certain crimes and post-conviction relief.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his or her debt to society.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; authorize sales and purchase of certain products containing without a prescription.
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.
Memorial highways; designate various segments.
Golf carts and low-speed vehicles; authorize municipalities to permit operation on municipal streets.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; increase the monthly amount.
Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund; create and provide for administration by Department of Archives and History.
Ad valorem taxation; allow county to exempt up to 50% of assessed value of renewable energy project property from.
Passed the Senate · 8
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Domestic violence shelters; revise eligibility for funds.
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks and SNAP incentives.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
"Empower Reentry Through Licensing Act"; authorize provisional driver's licenses for eligible inmates.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Department of Tourism; create.
In committee · 2
General Funds; FY 2022 appropriation to Department of Health for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for the Ayers Restoration Fund.