Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Kelvin Butler
Sponsored
In committee20
Hand-held mobile telephone; revise use of while driving.
Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers if having 30 years of creditable service.
General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to South Pike School District for renovations to its school buildings.
Bonds; authorize to assist in paying costs of renovating Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center in Natchez, Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Natchez in paying costs of Concord Avenue Drainage Improvement Project.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist South Pike School District in paying costs of repair and renovation of buildings.
Legislative Internship Program; authorize IHL to administer under certain conditions.
Ban-the-Box Act; enact.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi Pay Equity Act; prohibit wage discrimination based on gender.
Hunting; require tree stands to be tagged with name and address of owner.
Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act; enact.
Elections; Secretary of State shall conduct study on the feasibility of allowing students to vote via the internet.
Prekindergarten programs; increase funding for second and third phase.
Kindergarten-age children; require compulsory school attendance for all.
Women's Economic Security Act of 2021; enact.
Bonds; authorize to assist Wilkinson County in paying the costs of road and bridge repairs and abandoned hospital removal.
State General Funds; FY2023 appropriation to City of Magnolia for street overlay project.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 approp. to City of Magnolia for sewer and stormwater infrastructure improvements.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Town of Summit for improvements to water and sewer infrastructure.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Mississippi Healthy Food Families Program; create.
Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; create.
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.
Jackson State University; authorize public/private partnership to develop property owned by JSU Development Foundation.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board and Homes.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of - State Aid Road Construction, Office of.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 11
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
School board members; increase pay based on enrollment.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
Election commissioners; remove skills assessment requirement.
CDLs; treat certain moving violations as regular license holders.
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.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; include presumption of eligibility for officers with COVID-19.
Sheriffs; increase annual salaries of.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain expenditures for railroad reconstruction or replacement or new rail infrastructure.
In committee · 4
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY23 Appropriation to Department of Health for Magnet Community Health Disparity Program.