Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
David Jordan
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Age of majority; lower to 18 for securing loans and entering contracts for real property.
Terroristic threats; revise elements of.
Community hospitals; allow consolidation and collaboration involving other hospitals.
Tourism; Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.
Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility for funds.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
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.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to MDOT for certain infrastructure expenses.
Passed the Senate · 2
Mississippi Adequate Education Program; bring forward provision related to.
Local supplement for assistant teachers; prohibit school districts from reducing when given state minimum raise.
In committee · 15
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery, remove permanent total disability compensation cap.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Crown Act; enact to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Confederate Memorial Day; remove from list of legal holidays.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; revise provisions of and lower eligibility for certain scholarship programs.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that required drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Department of Human Services; create governing board.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.