Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Joel R.Carter, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law3
MS Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; Oil and Gas Board shall have jurisdiction to enforce provisions of.
Public contracts for energy efficiency; extend repeal date on use of.
Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system.
Passed the Senate3
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on provision requiring deposit of fees to State General Fund.
Oil and gas; to extend repeal date on the use of the conservation fund to plug orphan or gas wells.
Public Service Commission; may contract with federal agencies for the collection of data and mapping of broadband availability.
Out of committee1
Hospice licensure; authorize eligible participants who have not been given a terminally ill diagnosis if approved by CMMS.
In committee8
Political subdivisions; prohibit ordinance that bans or restricts a person's ability to use a natural gas or electric public utility.
School property; schools may withhold transcripts from students who fail to return textbooks or mobile devices.
Alcoholic beverages; allow package retail sales on Sundays.
Candidate entry fees; authorize parties to determine.
Emergency Telephone Service 911; extend repeal date on.
Alcoholic Beverage Control laws; reform various provisions.
Foreign Company Accountability Act; create.
Political subdivisions; may not prohibit expansion, connection or reconnection of services based on source of energy.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Mississippi Dementia Care Program, Food Bank Pilot Programming; create.
Teacher license; allow reciprocity if teacher possesses standard license from other state and passes background check.
Mississippi Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act; allow athletes to be compensated for name, image and likeness.
Athletics; provide that schools designate teams by biological sex.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Passed the Senate · 4
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
Parole and earned release; criminalize absconding.
In committee · 1
Income tax; authorize credit for certain railroad reconstruction/replacement expenditures.