Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, House.
Steve Hopkins
Sponsored
In committee16
Physical therapists; authorize to perform services without referral from another health care provider.
Statewide testing program; cease all statewide uniform assessments and determine promotion based on cumulative grades.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt real property.
Cell site simulator device; require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrant before using.
Ad valorem tax; exempt motor homes and trailers.
Electric/hybrid vehicles; repeal sections of law authorizing.
Ad valorem tax; revise assessment rate for motor vehicles.
"The Financial Transparency Act"; enact.
Stop Social Media Censorship Act; create.
"The Educational Standards Legislative Review Act"; enact.
State agencies; authorize Governor to terminate certain appointed agency officials.
Immunization requirements; authorize religious exemption from requirements of schools and child care facilities.
Term limits; all elected officials limited to serving only two consecutive terms in office.
The Academic Transparency Act of 2023; enact.
Municipal annexation; require an election be held in the proposed annexed territory.
Contract lobbyists; prohibit agencies, universities and colleges from hiring with public funds.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
David R. Huggins and Tom Weathersby; revise names of public buildings to include.
Oil and gas severance taxes; extend repealer on lower rate for production from horizontally drilled wells.
Historic property income tax credit; revise certain provisions regarding.
Foster Parents' Bill of Rights; and Responsibilities; create and require to be provided to foster parents.
Personal and professional services; require the Department of Finance and Administration to conduct solicitations of for certain agencies.
County veteran service officers; revise certain qualifications for.
Firearm suppressors; authorizing manufacture and possession in Mississippi and prohibit enforcement of federal laws governing.
Second Amendment Financial Privacy Act; create.
Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act; create to regulate transgender procedures and surgeries.
Baby drop-off and safe haven; revise provisions that regulate.
Tax credits; revise certain existing and authorize additional.
Income tax; revise deduction for depreciation for certain expenditures and property.
Passed the House · 7
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts; allow to speak to student regarding civic involvement with principal's approval.
Sam G. Polles State Office Building; designate the MS Dept. of Wildlife Central Office Building as.
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; create.
State Veterans Affairs Board; revise provisions regarding processing appeals of claims.
Retailer Tax Fairness Act; create.
Occupational licensing; revise certain provisions relating to members of the military to include veterans.
"Released-Time Moral Instruction Act of 2023"; enact to permit students to receive religious instruction during the school day.
Out of committee · 1
Baby Drop off immunity; revise age of baby and who may drop off.
In committee · 43
Campaign finance reports; require candidates for county, county district and municipal offices to file with Secretary of State.
Campaign finance reports; shall be available on county and municipal websites.
Fentanyl testing strips; exclude from definition of paraphernalia.
Income tax; authorize a credit for contributions made to certain hospitals.
Pharmacists; authorize to test for and treat certain minor, nonchronic health conditions subject to certain requirements.
CON; remove chemical dependency services and facilities from requirements of the CON law.
Sales tax; exempt sales of platinum, gold, silver bullion and numismatic coins.
Justice and municipal courts; require to file all legal documents by electronic form using MEC.
Elected official; prohibit from holding more than one elected office at the same time.
False allegations of hate crime; provide penalties for.
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Campaign finance reports; require those filed by all candidates to be available online.
Administrative Procedures Act; amend to require proposed agency rules to be approved by the state auditor.
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Retirement; PERS members convicted of job-related felonies shall be terminated from system.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property or services to Veterans Outreach.
The Second Amendment Preservation Act; create to provide that the Legislature preempts local firearms ordinances.
Face masks; prohibit public schools and universities and colleges from requiring students to wear.
"Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act"; establish.
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities.
Seizure and forfeiture; prohibit waiver of forfeiture and revise standard of proof.
"Mississippi Food Freedom Act"; enact to provide greater autonomy to private producers of agricultural or farm products.
Alcoholic beverages; increase number of package retailer's permits a person may own.
Alcoholic beverages; allow direct sales and shipments of wine to be made to residents in this state.
CDL; exempt church-owned vehicles equipped to transport 30 or less passengers from requirement of.
Death Benefits Trust Fund; survivors of persons receiving federal death benefits shall automatically receive a payment from.
Bribery of candidate; revise statute of limitations.
Open Meetings Law; authorize court to void certain actions taken in violation of.
Baby drop-off law; revise procedure to authorize a person designated by a parent to.
Civil Air Patrol members; authorize granting of leave of absence to for certain emergency services.
Tim Tebow Act; create to authorize homeschool students to participate in public school extracurricular activities.
Alcoholi beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Prohibiting Financial Surveillance Act; create.
Overseas police service station; prohibit location of in this state.
Ad valorem tax levy for school districts; provide levying authority with discretion to approve request by school board.
Aliens and foreign government; prohibit from owning real property in the State of Mississippi.
Court-ordered restitution; require payment to victim first before court costs/fines are disbursed.
Criminal offense; prescribe mental culpability for.
Elections; provide for post-election audit report.
Elections; revise provisions for the distribution of absentee ballots.
Licensing boards; prohibit from disciplinary or threatening discipline of health care providers for exercising free speech rights.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Homestead exemption; increase for persons retired from military or law enforcement service.