Bills in the 2023 Regular Session, Senate.
Robert L. Jackson
Sponsored
Became law1
Tunica County Utility District; delete provision of law subjecting to rate regulation by Public Service Commission.
In committee29
Towing; limit charges.
Wrongful conviction; increase compensation award.
Medicaid program; revise reimbursement for telehealth services for community health centers.
Funeral service license; revise qualifications to grandfather individuals with certain number of years experience.
Charitable Solicitations; revised reporting period to three years.
Charitable solicitation; revise reporting period.
Justice court; revise jurisdictional amount.
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; establish.
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery, remove permanent total disability compensation cap.
Labor; protect temporary or day laborer employment rights.
Highways; require four-laning of portions of Highway 6 in Coahoma, Panola and Quitman Counties.
Railroad right-of-way; unlawful to enter and remain upon without the permission of the owner or operator.
Mississippi Department of Transportation; require to pick up animal carcasses within thirty days.
Counties and municipalities; prohibit surcharge on certain payments by credit or debit cards.
Sales taxation; exempt sales to Head Start programs.
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.
PERS; reduce vesting period for retirement benefits from eight years to four years.
Death certificates; require medical examiners report COVID 19 as cause of death when applicable.
Schools; require carbon monoxide detectors in all.
General Fund; FY2024 to Tunica County to restore the Tunica County Penal Farm Building.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Quitman County for the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame Project.
General Fund; FY2024 to Tunica County for expanding river port.
General Fund; FY2024 to Tunica County for upgrades to Tunica RiverPark.
General Fund; FY2024 to Tunica County for roadway renovation and upgraded traffic signals along certain boulevard.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to Coahoma County for restriping and overlay of Friars Point Road.
General Funds; FY2024 appropriation to City of Clarksdale for replacement of Second Street bridge.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Lambert Volunteer Fire Department for new firehouse, fire engine and other equipment.
Tunica County; authorize to allocate sports gaming revenue to school district for construction of new school.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 33
"Mississippi Native Plant Month"; designate each April as.
Real property owned by school districts; allow to be sold for development.
Disabled veterans license tags; revise provisions regarding disability rating and persons eligible for.
Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months.
State depositories; revise definition of "primary capital."
Pseudoephedrine; delete the automatic repealer on the provision that authorizes the distribution of.
Provision of law establishing energy efficiency standards for building construction; extend repealer on.
Tourism; Mississippi Main Street Revitalization Grant Program.
Skilled Nursing Home and Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program; establish.
Early Intervention Act for Infants and Toddlers; add certain individuals to definition of qualified personnel.
Mississippi Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit Scholarship Program; establish.
City of Batesville; extend repealer on hotel/motel & restaurant tourism tax.
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 35 to Constable Raye Hawkins.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 51 to Deputy Joe Kenneth Cosby.
Highways; dedicate a section of Highway 315 to Nolan Mettetal.
Commercial crabbing licenses; applicable to boat instead of each fisherman.
Department of Marine Resources, Office of Marine Patrol; cooperate with federal law enforcement.
Computer science curriculum; clarify terminology to specify who may provide instruction in.
Minority; remove for beneficiaries of certain insurance policies.
Mississippi Real Estate Appraisal Board; make independent from Mississippi Real Estate Commission.
Homestead; provide full exemption for unremarried surviving spouse of U.S. military member killed on active duty or training.
School board members; increase pay.
Automated External Defibrillators in Public Places Grant Program; establish.
Sixteenth Section lands; no law, ordinance or regulation shall prohibit school districts from using for educational facilities.
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.
Capital Expense Fund; FY2024 appropriation to MDOT for certain infrastructure expenses.
Vetoed · 2
Appointed state officers; provide for the removal of for certain forms of willful neglect.
Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
Passed the Senate · 7
Mississippi Fentanyl and Drug Abuse Education Program; establish within Department of Mental Health.
Mississippi Modified School Calendar Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility criteria.
Elections; require that candidates receive majority of votes in general election to be elected to statewide office.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's Office.
William F. Winter and Jack Reed, Sr., Teacher Loan Repayment Program; revise provisions of.
Mississippi Burn Center; revise provisions related thereto.
Appropriation; additional for DFA - Office of Insurance for State and School Employees' Life and Health Insurance Plan, ARPA funds.
Out of committee · 2
Uniform Controlled Substances Act; revise schedules.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager; revise certain requirements of.
In committee · 17
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Crown Act; enact to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
Charter school funding; revise funding formula.
Transportation; expand the times required for motor vehicle headlight usage.
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.
State employee salaries; direct State Personnel Board to implement across-the-board increase.
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Confederate Memorial Day; remove from list of legal holidays.
National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Jackson State University; create program to construct new football stadium.
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; revise provisions of and lower eligibility for certain scholarship programs.
Applicants for TANF benefits; repeal section that required drug testing as condition of eligibility.
Department of Human Services; create governing board.
Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers claiming federal Earned Income Tax Credit.
General Fund; FY2024 appropriation to Department of Health to assist rural public hospitals at high financial risk.