Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Joel R.Carter, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law5
Excavations; provide for impending emergencies and extend notification period for.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; extend repealer on.
National Security on State Devices and Networks Act; create.
Provision of law establishing energy efficiency standards for building construction; extend repealer on.
Electric transmission infrastructure; maintain state jurisdiction over integrity of.
Passed the Senate5
Definitions and penalties regarding regulation of gasoline and petroleum products; extend repealer on.
Municipal waterworks; ensure just, reasonable and transparent billing in.
Electric vehicle charging; allow by non-utilities while maintaining consumer protections.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's Office.
Oil and gas severance taxes; extend repealers on lower rate for production from horizontally drilled wells.
In committee5
Alcoholic beverages; allow local authorities of wet jurisdictions to permit package retail sales on Sunday.
Mississippi Water Quality Accountability Act; create.
Land; prohibit ownership by certain nonresident aliens within an established radius of a military installation.
Sales tax; exempt sales to Mississippi Aquarium in Gulfport.
Use tax; revise standards for municipality's eligibility to receive monies from special fund for infrastructure assistance.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Ballot harvesting; ban.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Commercial crabbing licenses; applicable to boat instead of each fisherman.
Department of Marine Resources, Office of Marine Patrol; cooperate with federal law enforcement.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
School board members; increase pay.
Passed the Senate · 6
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 and 2022 National Championship Rebels.
Municipalities; authorize to assess administrative or civil penalties for zoning violations.
Destination marketing organizations; bring forward provision related to.
State funded schools; may participate in extracurricular activities against non accredited and nonpublic schools.
Divorce; authorize where marriage is irretrievably broken.
Mississippi Office of Space and Technology; create and direct Mississippi Development Authority to administer.
In committee · 4
Highways; designate section of US-90 (East Beach Blvd) in Harrison County for Myrtis Franke.
Motor vehicle sales and distribution; provide for independence of dealership tier.
Bottom land leasing for oyster production; clarify authority of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.
Mississippi Help Not Harm Act; enact.