Bills in the 2022 Regular Session, House.
Debra Gibbs
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on convention and visitors bureau.
In committee21
Absentee ballots; revise notary requirements for students enrolled in a college, university or community or junior college.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; rename as the "Kindergarten Increases Diplomas (KIDs) Act," and lower compulsory age to five years.
Nonlicensed teachers; authorize local school districts to employ certain number to fill core subject area positions.
National Board Certified teachers; include those employed in Hinds County as eligible for additional supplement.
Online voter registration; authorize for first-time registrants.
Teacher licensure; authorize issuance to certain individuals with foreign certification on reciprocity with documentation.
Commission on Status of Women; require that all vacancies be filled and meeting held by July 1, 2022.
Commission on Status of Women; require that all vacancies be filled and meeting held by July 1, 2022.
Active shooter training; require school district employees to attend every three years.
Right to vote; restore automatically once a person has completed all sentencing requirements.
State employees; provide for across-the-board increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $30,000.00.
Mental health support for educators; provide services and training for.
Teachers' and teacher assistants' salaries; provide increase to minimum base pay.
Early voting; authorize for 14 days before the election.
Charter school payments; require school districts to pay local funds due on a monthly basis.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; bring forward sections of law governing.
Minimum wage; establish and provide for annual cost-of-living increases.
MAEP; determine cost of using average daily membership (ADM) in lieu of average daily attendance (ADA).
School buses; require those purchased after a certain date to be equipped with three-point seat belts.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson police department improvements.
Appropriation; Hinds County for cost of repairs and upgrades to portion of White Oak Creek.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Menaced property; authorize municipalities to secure abandoned or dilapidated buildings on such property.
Mississippi Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; create.
Memorial highways; designate in Rankin County, Mississippi.
Capital City Water/Sewer Projects Fund; create and require DFA to develop plan for improvements projects.
"Representative Bill Kinkade Fostering Access and Inspiring True Hope (FAITH) Scholarship Program Act"; create.
Passed the House · 4
Mississippi Freedom Trail Commission; establish.
"Property Clean-up Revolving Fund"; establish.
Dual Credit Community College Scholarship Program; create.
City of Jackson; authorize increase hotel/motel tax to provide funding for Jackson Convention Center.
In committee · 6
Sales tax; exempt sales of perishable food items to certain charitable organizations.
Mississippi congressional districts; reapportion.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new cafeteria at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with construction of a new Fire Station 5.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of a new dormitory at Jackson State University.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for certain water/sewer infrastructure projects.