Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Caughman
Sponsored
Became law2
State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer on.
MS Business Corporation Act; amend to allow corporations to hold annual or special shareholder meetings remotely.
Passed the Senate2
Home inspector license; require applicants to undergo certain background checks.
Credit Availability Act; extend repealer on.
In committee5
Income tax; authorize credit for costs of building storm shelters or safe rooms for multifamily residential construction.
Individual development accounts; authorize for certain low-income individuals.
Sixteenth section forest products; allow school districts to enter into long-term timber agreements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Richland in paying costs associated with construction of pedestrian bridge.
Practice of optometry; require the Board of Optometry to define with certain exceptions.
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.
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.
Transportation; revise provisions relating to motor carrier enforcement, harvest permits, and funding.
Passed the Senate · 7
Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Firearms; prohibit local governments and state agencies from restricting possession.
Autopsies; provide for confidentiality of photographs and recordings of.
Freedom of Roadway Act; increase penalties for the obstruction of public passageways.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create.
Out of committee · 1
Retail sales; prohibit seller from refusing to accept cash as a form of payment for goods and services.
In committee · 1
High school curriculum; require Bible be taught in ethics and history classes during month of April.