Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Barbara Blackmon
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Marijuana; civil penalty for simple possession of 30 grams or less.
In committee35
Highway privilege tax on buses and carriers of property; allow distribution to cities and towns for roads and bridges.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements for disenfranchising crime.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons suspended for being out of compliance with order for support.
Municipal executive committee; prohibit members of from campaigning for candidates on the municipal primary election ballot.
Online voter registration; implement.
Voting rights; restore to people who have been released from incarceration.
Municipal executive committee; revise procedure for filing vacancies of.
Early voting; authorize up to 21 days before any election.
Legal holidays; designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Specialty Doctors to Rural Hospitals Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility.
Medicaid; provide increased reimbursement rate for hospitals in counties with high unemployment and doctor shortage.
Medicaid eligibility; provide coverage of the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
Medicaid coverage; coverage for eligible women up to 12 months postpartum.
Division of Medicaid; apply for necessary waivers to eliminate waiting period services.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi Tele emergency Services Grant Program; create.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2023"; create.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
Salary supplement; provide to experienced teachers willing to relocate and teach in an "F"-designated school.
Assistant teachers; provide "C," "D" and "F" districts with additional positions.
Certificate of need; direct issuance for an existing ambulatory surgical center.
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
African American Resident Physician Scholarship Program; establish.
Rural hospital transfer to major hospital; prescribe certain conditions on such transfer when doctor deems medically necessary.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Holmes County for road paving.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to City of Canton for road and park improvements and new government complex.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Holmes County for the purchase of a fire truck for the Ebenezer community.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Town of Tchula for street repairs.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to General Missionary Baptist Convention of MS for renovations to Natchez Seminary Property.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to City of Durant for street repairs.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Holmes County for street repairs in the Ebenezer community.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to City of Carthage for improvements to city roads.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Tougaloo College Research Dev. Foundation for Freedom Riders site renovation.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Canton Municipal Utilities Commission for water and sewer improvements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
In committee · 12
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.
Confederate Memorial Day; remove from list of legal holidays.
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 Education; require to disseminate information about the department's 24/7 Online Tutoring Program.
Department of Human Services; create governing board.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Pearl River Valley Water Supply District to dredge portions of the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
General funds; FY2024 appropriation to DFA for Bill Waller Craft Center repair, renovation, upgrades and improvements.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.