Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
Passed the Senate2
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Legislators; allow office expense allowance for every month of the term.
Out of committee1
State Veterans Affairs Board; enter into agreements with American Legion to provide transportation for veterans.
In committee5
Conviction; clarify subsequent offense for certain crimes and post-conviction relief.
Controlled substances; provide enhanced penalties for possession and distribution of.
Civil rights; restore all to a person who has paid his or her debt to society.
Municipal courts; suspension of sentence for certain veterans receiving treatment.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; add each branch of Armed Forces to 100% permanent service-connected disability tag.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Human trafficking; create civil cause of action for engaging in or benefitting from.
Volunteer firefighters; allow local governments to pay certain expenses for injury, illness and insurance.
Education Enhancement Fund; revise date of issuance and distribution of procurement cards or digital solutions for classroom supplies.
Educational Facilities Revolving Loan Fund Program; create for purpose of improving educational facilities.
MS Transportation Commission; repayments to a public entity that advances funds may not include interest or other fees.
COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program; create and require MDOH to establish and administer.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds.
Jackson State University; authorize public/private partnership to develop property owned by JSU Development Foundation.
Passed the Senate · 14
"Mississippi Grain Producer Indemnity Act"; enact.
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Election commissioners; remove skills assessment requirement.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
"MS Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (MAICU) Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Mississippi Department of Human Services; authorize to use a combined reporting system.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Mississippi Water Quality Commission; create for the purpose of providing oversight of certain water and sewer systems.
Appropriation; Mississippi Emergency Management Agency-ARPA funds.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
Capital Expense Funds; FY2023 appropriation to MDOT for the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Freedom Trail Commission; establish.
In committee · 13
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Wrongful conviction; increase compensation award.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
SNAP Healthy Food Incentive Program Act of 2022; create.
Bonds; authorize to assist Sunflower County Ministerial Alliance Counseling Services in constructing transitional shelter.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Suffrage; restore to Edward Carter.
General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Claiborne County to resurface Russum-Westside Road.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY23 Appropriation to Department of Health for Magnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Humphreys County in paying costs of construction of bridge over Wolf Lake.