Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
David Parker
Sponsored
Became law6
Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create.
City of Southaven; extend repeal date on restaurant tax.
Annual salaries of county boards of supervisors; revise.
Office of Workforce Development; revise how MS Works funds may be spent by and certain collaborations with.
Nonemergency medical transportation providers; require permit and set certain standards related to such service.
City of Horn Lake; extend the repeal date on the tax on hotel and motel room rentals.
Passed the Senate3
Child support; create presumption that support continues past the age of majority for a disabled child.
RegionSmart Development Interstate Compact between Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee; ratify.
American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Health/Science Workforce Development and Retention Act; create.
Out of committee2
Mississippi Crime Victims' Compensation Act; remove certain limitations.
State employees; provide the terms and conditions for state employees to engage in telework.
In committee4
Disposal of certain municipal records after 20 years; authorize.
DUI law; revise fourth offense of and require all expunctions to be confidentially registered.
Health insurance policies; require coverage of colorectal cancer screening.
Mississippi Nurse/Health Science Training and Retention Act; establish.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 15
2022 First Extraordinary Session · Triple Crown Project Fund; create.
2022 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; additional to the Mississippi Development Authority for certain projects.
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
Voyeurism; revise sentencing.
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.
City of Olive Branch; authorize 1% tax on hotels and motels and issuance of bonds for tourism and parks and recreation.
Memorial highways; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 45 for Senator John White.
Mississippi National Guard retired list; clarify placement of federally recognized officers or men on.
State employees; provide the terms and conditions for state employees to engage in telework.
"Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds.
City of Hernando; authorize election for restaurant tax to fund capital improvements related to parks and recreation.
Passed the Senate · 17
Open meetings; legislative advisory committee members must be invited to stay during executive session.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Sentence suspension; prohibit for crimes involving the exploitation of children.
Buddy's Law; order psychiatric evaluations for children adjudicated delinquent for abuse of a domesticated dog or cat.
Professional Engineers & Surveyors Licensing Board; remove provision requiring Governor to make appointments from nominees.
Hospital Nurse and Allied Health Professional Retention Loan Program; create.
State Superintendent of Public Education and Director of the Community College Board; set maximum salaries.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Mississippi Architects and Engineers Good Samaritan Act; create.
Third-grade reading assessment for 2021-2022 school year; allow students who fail to be promoted to fourth grade with remediation.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Appropriation; Child Protective Services, Department of-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; Mississippi Emergency Management Agency-ARPA funds.
Appropriation; National Guard,-ARPA funds.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
Taxation; cut grocery tax by 2%, phase out 4% income tax bracket, cut General Fund portion of car tag fees, and give rebate.
Out of committee · 1
Medicaid reimbursement; allow for border city university-affiliated pediatric hospitals to be reimbursed.
In committee · 3
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for children under 21.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; change recipient of additional fee for breast cancer awareness tag.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.