Mississippi 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2581
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Enact The "reentry Court Act Of 2022"; To Define Terms; To Authorize Pilot Reentry Courts In Certain Counties; To Grant The Necessary Jurisdiction To Reentry Courts To Effectuate The Purposes Of This Act; To Establish A Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program At The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Require Reentry Courts To Work In Conjunction With The Mississippi Department Of Corrections And The Mississippi Intervention Court Commission To Establish Best Practices; To Require The Reentry Court To Ensure That A Defendant Consents To Be Sentenced To The Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program After Certain Disclosures To The Defendant; To Authorize The Reentry Court At The Time Of Initial Sentencing Of Any Second Or Subsequent Offender To Sentence The Defendant To The Custody Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections Subject To Participation In The Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program; To Provide That Upon Successful Completion Of The Program And Any Other Terms Required By The Reentry Court, The Reentry Court Shall Suspend The Remainder Of The Defendant's Sentence And Place The Defendant On Intensive Supervision Of The Reentry Court; To Provide That In The Event Of A Defendant Failing To Complete The Program, The Reentry Court Shall Order The Defendant To Serve All Or Part Of The Remainder Of The Sentence For The Original Charge; To Provide Punishments For The Violation Of Probation; To Prohibit Law Enforcement Officers From Mentioning Or Offering Participation In The Program As An Inducement To Any Person Accused Of A Crime; To Require Peer To File A Report With The Legislature; To Provide That The Act Shall Repeal On A Date Certain; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2582
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Authorize The Commissioner Of The Department Of Corrections To Establish A Work Release Program In Cooperation With Any Sheriff; To Provide That Participants Shall Be Housed By The Sheriff; To Prohibit Participation Of Any Inmate Sentenced For A Sex Crime; To State The Goals Of The Work Release Program; To Require The Commissioner To Collect Data And Transmit The Data To The Peer Committee; To Set Forth Eligibility Requirements; To Establish A Procedure For The Work Release Program; To Require Peer To Review The Work Release Programs Created Under This Act And To File A Report With The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2583
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Enact The "mississippi Justice Reinvestment Act"; To Create The Mississippi Justice Reinvestment Fund To Incentivize Effective Strategies To Assist Former Inmates In Their Return To The General Population, To Reduce The Recidivism Rates Of Inmates, To Increase Public Safety And To Reduce Budgetary Constraints Presently Created By Prison-related Costs; To Create The Justice Reinvestment Steering Committee Within The Department Of Finance And Administration; To Prescribe The Duties Of The Committee; To Require The Committee To Approve Or Deny Requests For Disbursements From The Justice Reinvestment Funds; To Provide For Appointment Of The Committee; To Require The Director Of The Department Of Finance And Administration To Call The First Meeting Of The Committee; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2584
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/4/22
Failed
3/28/22
An Act To Enact The "reentry Court Act Of 2022"; To Define Terms; To Authorize Pilot Reentry Courts In Certain Counties; To Grant The Necessary Jurisdiction To Reentry Courts To Effectuate The Purposes Of This Act; To Establish A Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program At The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Require Reentry Courts To Work In Conjunction With The Mississippi Department Of Corrections And The Mississippi Intervention Court Commission To Establish Best Practices; To Require The Reentry Court To Ensure That A Defendant Consents To Be Sentenced To The Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program After Certain Disclosures To The Defendant; To Authorize The Reentry Court At The Time Of Initial Sentencing Of Any Second Or Subsequent Offender To Sentence The Defendant To The Custody Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections Subject To Participation In The Rehabilitation And Workforce Development Program; To Provide That Upon Successful Completion Of The Program And Any Other Terms Required By The Reentry Court, The Reentry Court Shall Suspend The Remainder Of The Defendant's Sentence And Place The Defendant On Intensive Supervision Of The Reentry Court; To Provide That In The Event Of A Defendant Failing To Complete The Program, The Reentry Court Shall Order The Defendant To Serve All Or Part Of The Remainder Of The Sentence For The Original Charge; To Provide Punishments For The Violation Of Probation; To Prohibit Law Enforcement Officers From Mentioning Or Offering Participation In The Program As An Inducement To Any Person Accused Of A Crime; To Require Peer To File A Report With The Legislature; To Provide That The Act Shall Repeal On A Date Certain; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2585
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Establish The Mississippi Paid Family Leave Act To Be Administered By The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Entitlement Requirements And Conditions For Paid Leave; To Authorize Intermittent Or Reduced Leave; To Provide That This Act Is To Be Construed With Similar Provisions In The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2586
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Enact A Minimum Wage Law For The State Of Mississippi, With Annual Incremental Increases Over A Three-year Period; To Define Employers And Employees Subject To The Minimum Wage Law; To Empower The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security, Office Of The Governor, To Enforce And Administer The Provisions Of The Minimum Wage Law; To Provide Criminal Penalties And A Civil Cause Of Action Against Employers For Violations Of The Minimum Wage Law; To Amend Section 17-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Municipal And County Governing Authorities, In Their Discretion, To Mandate A Wage That Is More Than The State Minimum Wage; To Amend Section 25-3-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2587
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/3/22
Failed
3/28/22
An Act To Amend Section 63-9-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Moving Violations Under Title 63 Against The Holder Of The Commercial Driver's License Shall Be Treated As If The Moving Violation Was Against A Person Who Only Holds A Regular Driver's License; To Exempt Moving Violations Under Chapter 11 Of Title 63 From This Requirement; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2588
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Online Voter Registration For First-time Voters; To Amend Sections 23-15-13, 23-15-35, 23-15-37, 23-15-39, 23-15-41 And 23-15-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2589
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-357, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Certain Words Shall Be Printed On The Front Of All Paper Ballots Issued Under The Authority Of Title 23; To Amend Section 23-15-649, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Official Watermark On All Absentee Voter Ballots; To Require The Secretary Of State To Furnish The Official Watermark; To Amend Sections 23-15-333, 23-15-367, 23-15-639 And 23-15-649, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Bring Forward Sections 23-15-359 And 23-15-361 For Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2590
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Codify Section 23-15-153.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Secretary Of State To Enter Into A Memorandum Of Understanding To Compare The Statewide Elections Management System (sems) With Public Records To Ensure Non-united States Citizens Are Not Registered To Vote In This State, To Provide That If Evidence Exists That A Particular Registered Voter Is Not A Citizen, The System Shall Notify The Registrar Who Shall Notify The Registered Voter To Provide Proof Of Citizenship, To Prescribe Criteria For Proof Of Citizenship, To Provide That If The Voter Does Not Provide Such Proof, The Registrar Shall Purge His Name From The System, To Provide For An Appeal From Such Decision, And To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Implement This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2591
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Enact The "mississippi Election Reform Act Of 2022"; To Codify A New Section To Ensure That Only Citizen's Of The United States Be Permitted To Vote In Mississippi; To Amend Section 23-15-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972 To Provide That An Eligible, Unregistered Person May Register To Vote Online; To Codify New Section 23-15-152, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The County Registrar Or County Election Commission Shall Remove From The Statewide Elections Management System Those Electors Who Fail To Respond To A Confirmation Notice For A Period Of Consecutive Years; To Define Terms; To Require Election Commissioners To Send Registered Electors Who Do Not Vote For A Certain Period A Confirmation Notice; To Provide The Time For Removal Of Voter Registration Records; To Provide For The Retention Of Removed Voter Registration Records; To Codify New Section 23-15-395, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Regulate The Review, Certification, Decertification And Implementation Of Voting Systems; To Amend Sections 23-15-551 And 23-15-691, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Option Of Marking Election Ballots With Indelible Pencil; To Amend Section 23-15-627, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Application For An Absentee Elector's Ballot; To Amend Section 23-15-1053, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Political Parties That Seek Registration In Mississippi To Select Interim Officers To Fulfill The Registration Requirements Of The Article; To Amend Sections 23-15-13, 23-15-33, 23-15-35, 23-15-37, 23-15-39, 23-15-41, 23-15-79, 23-15-125 And 23-15-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Repeal Section 23-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is The Provision That Requires Documentation Of Naturalized Persons; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2592
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 23-15-851, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide What Occurrences Constitute A Vacancy In Either House Of The Legislature; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2593
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Require The Secretary Of State To Conduct A Study On The Feasibility Of Allowing Students Who Are Registered Voters Who Are Attending School Outside The County In Which They Are Registered, To Vote In Any Election Held In This State From The Location Where They Are Attending School Through The Use Of The Internet; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2594
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 21-1-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That An Election Be Held In Any Part Of A County Which Is The Subject Of A Municipal Annexation Or Removal Ordinance; To Provide That The Costs Of The Election Shall Be Paid By The Governing Authority Of The Municipality That Is Seeking The Annexation Or Removal Of The Proposed Territory In The County; To Amend Section 21-1-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Municipal Authorities To Pay Attorney's Fees And All Costs Of Court When Appealing The Election Results; To Amend Section 21-1-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Chancellor May Consider Election Results As Evidence; To Amend Sections 21-1-35 And 21-1-43, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Repeal Section 21-1-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Requires A Municipal Enlargement Or Contraction Petition To Be Filed In Chancery Court; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi Senate Bill SB2595
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 45-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Implement Uniform Reporting Standards For Jail Census Data By County Sheriff's Departments And To Create And Maintain A Centralized Database For Storing This Data; To Amend Sections 19-25-63 And 47-1-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That Jail Dockets Kept By County Sheriffs Comply With Uniform Reporting Standards In Order To Promote Compliance With Rule 8 Of The Mississippi Rules Of Criminal Procedure; To Authorize The Creation Of An Advisory Committee To Promote Transparency By Facilitating The Availability Of Comparable And Uniform County Jail Census Data; And For Related Purposes.