Bills in the 2021 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Passed the Senate3
Department of Human Services; establish a grant program for regional food banks and SNAP incentives.
Town of Sardis; extend repeal date on hotel, motel and restaurant tax.
Tunica County; authorize occupancy assessment for the benefit of the Convention Center Complex.
In committee27
Child support; add income of custodial spouse to criteria considered in rebutting presumption of fairness.
Towing; limit charges.
Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.
Arrest warrants; require probable cause hearing for legislators before issuance.
Railroad right-of-way; unlawful to enter and remain upon without the permission of the owner or operator of the railroad.
Highways; require four-laning of portions of Highway 6 in Coahoma, Panola and Quitman Counties.
Payroll date for school district employees; authorize semimonthly payroll in discretion of local school board.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
Assistant teachers; increase salaries for.
Medicaid program; extend repealer on and revise reimbursement for telehealth services for community health centers.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Charitable solicitation; revise reporting period.
PERS; reduce vesting period for retirement benefits from eight years to four years.
Bonds; authorize issuance of to assist Marks, MS, in the construction of a building to house a community center and its city hall.
Bonds; authorize to assist Marks, MS, in construction of building for emergency shelter, community center and city hall.
Alcoholic beverages; reduce privilege tax for package retailer's permits for locations in cities with a population of 5,000 or less.
Sales taxation; exempt sales to certain community action agencies exempted from federal income taxation.
Sales tax; exempt sales to Head Start programs.
Counties and municipalities; prohibit surcharge on certain payments by credit or debit cards.
Official Mississippi state song; authorize two state songs.
Law enforcement training expenses; revise time for reimbursement of formerly employing entity.
General Funds; FY 2022 appropriation to Department of Health for MAGnet Community Health Disparity Program.
Ad valorem tax; provide assessment ratio for transformative renewable energy project property designated by qualifying county.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Tunica County in paying costs of repair and renovation of historic county courthouse.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Tunica County in paying costs of improvements to local roads used by casino customers.
Tunica County; allow board to designate transformative renewable energy project at set ad valorem assessment ratio.
Town of Sardis; extend repeal date on hotel, motel and restaurant tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 27
Depositories; revise bid process for selection by counties and municipalities.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
State Board of Funeral Service; extend repealer on.
Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine; authorize sales and purchase of certain products containing without a prescription.
MAEP; Department of Education required to hold harmless school district from calculating 2020-2021 average daily attendance.
Veterans Service Officers; revise certain qualifications and requirements.
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.
Youth detention; raise minimum age for youth commitment to state training school and secure detention.
Claims by veterans under consumer protection law; Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board offers service free of charge.
Veteran Driver's License Designation; allow proof of military service in person.
Mississippi Native Spirit Law; create.
County law library; authorize use of money for technological purposes.
Hudson's Law; require healthcare providers to provide information to parents who receive a postnatal diagnosis of a chromosomal disorder.
Driver's license requirements; exempt military members, spouses and dependent children under certain conditions.
Radar speed detection; revise provisions concerning use by Highway Patrol and municipal law enforcement in certain cities.
"Mississippi Earned Parole Eligibility Act"; enact.
Mississippi Historic Site Preservation Fund; create and provide for administration by Department of Archives and History.
Ad valorem taxation; allow county to exempt up to 50% of assessed value of renewable energy project property from.
Appropriation; Chiropractic Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Dental Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Funeral Services Board.
Appropriation; Massage Therapy, Board of.
Appropriation; Pharmacy, Board of.
Appropriation; Counselors, Board of Examiners for Licensed Professional.
Appropriation; Veterinary Examiners, Board of.
City of Greenwood; extend the repeal date on the tourism tax and the Greenwood Tourism Commission.
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Teachers' salaries; provide for increase.
Central Market Board; abolish and transfer functions to the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Juvenile offenders; provide alternative sentencing and parole options.
Birth certificate; adoptee may obtain certified copy of original after 18 years.
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; create.
Domestic violence shelters; revise eligibility for funds.
Mississippi Critical Teacher Shortage Act; extend repealer on.
State offenders in county jail; MDOC to pay increased rate to county to expedite removal of.
Department of Public Safety; implement uniform reporting standards for jail census data & create & maintain a centralized database.
Reentry courts; create pilot reentry court, and establish rehab and workforce development program at MDOC.
Nonadmitted insurer policy fee; divert certain amount to fund fire trucks and fire apparatus/protection grants.
Computer science curriculum; require State Department of Education to implement in K-12 public schools.
Out of committee · 1
Panola County; exempt certain tracts of land from certain provisions of Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law.
In committee · 4
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
Driver's license fees; waive for applicants in MDCPS custody.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for hearing aids and services for deaf and hearing impaired.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for the Ayers Restoration Fund.