Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Caughman
Sponsored
Became law2
MS Department of Banking and Consumer Finance conduct periodic joint-bank examinations; extend repealer.
Real estate appraisal management companies; extend repealer on registration provisions.
Passed the Senate3
Mississippi Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer.
Certificate of Foreign Birth; allow issuance by Bureau of Vital Statistics.
State-chartered banks; revise merger law to conform to the Mississippi Business Corporation Act.
In committee5
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation to Thomasville Water Association for improvement of water system.
MS Consumer Alternative Installment Loan Act; authorize finance charges in lieu of interest on certain loans.
Consumer Finance Licensees; allow to work from a remote location under certain circumstances.
Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds; FY2023 appropriation City of Mendenhall for water and sewer infrastructure projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Simpson County in paying costs of LED lighting and other energy efficiency measures.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 7
MS Real Estate Commission; require to establish program using administrative hearing officers.
Critical Race Theory; prohibit.
Department of Public Safety; revise salaries of officers.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for 2021 National Championship Bulldogs.
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.
"Mississippi Municipality and County Water Infrastructure Grant Program Act of 2022"; establish.
Passed the Senate · 10
Fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer; revise offense of.
Sentence suspension; prohibit for crimes involving the exploitation of children.
Nationally certified school employees; delete caps on nurses & speech pathologists, add athletic trainers for salary supplements.
Teachers' salaries; provide increase to minimum salary.
Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.
CDLs; treat certain moving violations as regular license holders.
Mississippi Broadband Expansion Act; enact.
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.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Savings Initiative; create.
In committee · 5
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of "qualified resort area" under the Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law.
Vaccines; prevent entities that receive state funding from requiring individuals to receive COVID vaccine.
State General Funds; FY2023 approp. to State Aid Road Fund to reimburse for monies expended to counties due to HB 779 (2019).
State General Fund; FY2023 appropriation to Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund to be utilized by MDOT.
Eminent domain; codify constitutional amendment.