Mississippi 2022 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB865
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Prohibit An Employer From Paying An Employee A Wage At A Rate Less Than The Rate At Which An Employee Of Another Sex In The Same Establishment Is Paid For Equal Work Unless The Wage Differential Is Based Upon A Seniority System, A Merit System, A System Which Measures Earnings By Quantity Or Quality Of Production Or A Differential Based On Any Factor Other Than Sex; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB866
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create New Sections 83-9-501 Through 83-9-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Enact The Mississippi Preauthorization Gold Card Act; To Provide Definitions; To Provide Exemption From Preauthorization Requirements For Physicians And Providers Providing Certain Health Care Services; To Provide For The Duration Of Preauthorization Exemption; To Provide For The Denial Or Recission Of Preauthorization Exemption; To Provide For Independent Review Of The Exemption Determination; To Provide For The Effect Of Appeal Or Independent Review Determination; To Provide Eligibility For Preauthorization Exemption Following Finalized Exemption Recission Or Denial; To Provide The Effect Of Preauthorization Exemption; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB867
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 73-60-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Persons That Hold A Home Inspector License To Offer To Perform Or Perform Inspection Services On New Construction For A Fee Without Having First Obtained A Residential Home Builders License From The Mississippi Board Of Contractors And Certification By The Southern Building Code Congress Or Any Other National Professional Code Organization; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB868
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Require Businesses That Sell Or Offer To Sell Goods Or Services At Retail To Accept Cash As A Form Of Payment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB869
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 75-24-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create An Exception To Price-gouging Prohibitions For The Sale Of Essential Commodities During A State Of Emergency Or A Local Emergency; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB87
Introduced
1/4/22
Refer
1/4/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Sections 99-19-81 And 99-19-83, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Statutes Governing Penalties For Habitual Offenders; To Amend Sections 47-7-3, 47-5-139 And 47-5-138.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Regulations For Inmates Who Were Classified As Habitual Offenders; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB870
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/23/22
An Act To Authorize An Income Tax Credit For Payments Made By A Taxpayer For Tuition Required For A Child To Attend A Nonpublic School; To Provide For The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Limit The Amount Of The Tax Credit That May Be Claimed In A Taxable Year; To Provide That Any Tax Credit Claimed But Not Used In A Taxable Year May Be Carried Forward For Five Years; To Authorize An Income Tax Credit For Expenses Paid By A Taxpayer Necessary For The Homeschooling Of A Child; To Provide For The Amount Of The Tax Credit; To Limit The Amount Of The Tax Credit That May Be Claimed In A Taxable Year; To Provide That Any Tax Credit Claimed But Not Used In A Taxable Year May Be Carried Forward For Five Years; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB871
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Establish The Local Government Control Of Public School Athletics Task Force For The Purpose Of Determining The Feasibility Of Separating Athletic Extracurricular Programs From Public Schools And Allowing Them To Be Administered By The Municipal Or County Governing Authority Under Whose Jurisdiction The School District Falls; To Prescribe The Composition Of The Task Force And Its Primary Objectives; To Provide For The Composition Of The Task Force; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB872
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Require Publicly Funded Postsecondary Educational Institutions To Annually Provide Students Certain Information Upon A Student's Declaration Of A Major; To Provide That Information Shall Consist Of The Projected Duration Of The Degree Program, Associated Costs, Average Salary Of Individuals With Degrees In The Area Of Major Emphasis And Number Of Prospective Jobs Available In The Degree Area; To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning And The Mississippi Community College Board To Provide Assistance To The Postsecondary Educational Institutions Under Their Respective Jurisdiction In Order To Carry Out The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB873
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Be Known As The "tim Tebow Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Authorize Students Enrolled In A Homeschool To Participate In Public School Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities; To Prescribe The Requirements For A Student Enrolled In A Homeschool To Participate In Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities; To Prohibit Discrimination Against Homeschool Student Selection Or Participation In Such Activities; To Provide That Participation In An Extracurricular Activity Is A Privilege And Not A Right; To Authorize School Districts To Apply To The State Department Of Education For Additional Funding To Cover The Cost Of Homeschool Students Participating In Extracurricular Activities; To Require Homeschool Students To Pay The Same Participation Or Activity Fees As Public School Students; To Create The Homeschool Extracurricular Activity Fund Within The State Department Of Education For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To School Districts For Homeschool Students Participating In Extracurricular Activities; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB874
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create New Section 37-189-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The "mississippi Scholarship Act (msa)"; To Create New Section 37-189-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms; To Create New Section 37-189-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Mississippi Scholarship Board And To Provide For Appointments To The Board; To Create New Section 37-189-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Board's Powers; To Create New Section 37-189-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Mississippi Scholarship Program To Provide Funds To Public School Parents For Selecting The Educational Option That Meets The Education Needs Of The Parent's Child; To Create New Section 37-189-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish The Mississippi Scholarship Program Fund And The Mississippi Scholarship Program Expense Fund In The State Treasury; To Create New Section 37-189-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe Qualifying Expenses For Which Funds Deposited Into A Mississippi Scholarship Account May Be Used; To Create New Section 37-189-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Parent To Annually Renew An Eligible Student's Mississippi Scholarship; To Create New Section 37-189-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prescribe The Duties Of The Mississippi Scholarship Board Relating To The Administration Of Scholarship Accounts; To Create New Section 37-189-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Board To Arrange For The Auditing Of Individual Scholarship Accounts And Education Service Providers; To Create New Section 37-189-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Establish Requirements For Education Service Providers Accepting Payments From A Scholarship Account; To Create New Section 37-189-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A School District In Which A Scholarship Recipient Was Last Enrolled To Provide An Education Service Provider With A Copy Of The Student's Records; To Create New Section 37-189-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Absolve Public Entities From Any Liability Based On The Award Of A Mississippi Scholarship; To Create New Section 37-189-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Governor To Include Funding For The Scholarship Account Program In The Governor's Annual Budget Request For The State Department Of Education; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB875
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create The "mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act Of 2022"; To Define The Terms Used Herein; To Prescribe The Minimum Standards Of Education Required To Be Offered To Children Enrolled In The Program; To Prescribe The Manner By Which Payments Will Be Made To Prekindergarten Programs, Whether Such Programs Be Offered Through The Public School District Of Residence Or An Outside District; To Prescribe The Manner By Which Local School Districts Shall Account For Students Enrolled In Prekindergarten Programs For Purposes Of Determining Average Daily Attendance To Calculate Its Annual Budget Request; To Provide That The Program Shall Be Jointly Administered By The State Board Of Education And The Division Of Early Childhood Care And Development, Which Shall Jointly Promulgate Rules And Regulations Governing The Program; To Provide For The Expansion Of School-based Prekindergarten Programs; To Require The Board And The Division To Establish A Process To Calculate The Annual Statewide Tuition Rate For Prekindergarten Education; To Provide For An Administrative Procedures Process For Entities Aggrieved By Actions Of The Board And Division; To Require Annual Reports On The Efficacy Of The Programs And Any Recommendation For Improvement Or Discontinuation To The Legislature; To Bring Forward Section 37-21-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Age For Compulsory-school-age Child From Six To Five Years Of Age; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB876
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Engrossed
2/2/22
Refer
2/17/22
Failed
3/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 71-5-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Mississippi Employment Security Law To Provide That The Term "employment" Shall Not Include Landwork Performed By A Petroleum Landman On A Contractual Basis; To Provide Definitions For "landwork", "minerals" And "other Energy Sources"; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2022 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB877
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Create The "southern Voting Rights Act"; To Revise The Process For Conducting Redistricting Of Congressional And State House And Senate Districts; To Amend Section 25-4-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Public Servant Shall Be Interested, Directly Or Indirectly, During The Term For Which He Shall Have Been Chosen, Or Within Two Years After The Expiration Of Such Term, In Any Contract With The State, Or Any District, County, City Or Town Thereof, Authorized By Any Law Passed Or Order Made By Any Board Of Which He May Be Or May Have Been A Member; To Amend Section 5-8-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That No Elected Official Shall Be A Lobbyist For Two Years After He Or She Leaves Office; To Amend Section 25-41-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Chair Of The Commission, Committee Or Standing Committee Shall Make The Agenda For A Meeting Readily Available For Public Inspection No Less Than Twenty-four Hours In Advance Of The Time Of The Meeting; To Amend Section 25-41-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Notice Requirements For Open Meetings; To Create A New Section Of Law To Require The Department Of Finance And Administration, Working In Coordination With The Mississippi Department Of Information Technology, To Develop A Plan To Install Equipment To Provide Live Audiovisual Streaming Of All Floor Proceedings And All Committee Meetings Held In The Mississippi Capitol; To Create New Law To Provide For The Campaign Finance Requirements Of Political Action Committees; To Amend Section 23-15-897, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Requirements For Digital Campaign Advertisements; To Create New Law To Establish The Mississippi Public Campaign Fund; To Provide Who Has Access To The Fund And How Monies Shall Be Deposited Into The Fund; To Bring Forward Sections 5-1-1, 5-1-3, 5-3-81, 5-3-91, 5-3-93, 5-3-95, 5-3-97, 5-3-99, 5-3-101, 5-3-103, 5-3-121, 5-3-123, 5-3-125, 5-3-127, 5-3-129, 23-15-803, 23-15-809, 23-15-807, 23-15-801, 23-15-813 And 23-15-805, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; 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; To Bring Forward Section 23-15-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of Vote Fraud, Of Any Crime Listed In Section 241, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, Or Of Any Crime Interpreted As Disenfranchising In Later Attorney General Opinions, Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Suspended Upon Conviction But Shall Have His Or Her Right To Vote Automatically Restored Once He Or She Has Satisfied All Of The Sentencing Requirements Of The Conviction; To Amend Sections 23-15-19, 23-15-125, 23-15-151, 23-15-153 And 23-15-165, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; To Bring Forward Sections 97-39-3 And 99-19-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Authorize Any Person Who Is Qualified To Register To Vote In The State Of Mississippi To Register To Vote When That Person Applies For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Obtain Certain Information From A Person Who Desires To Register To Vote While Applying For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Provide An Opt-out Procedure For Persons Who Choose Not To Register To Vote While Applying For The Issuance, Renewal Or Change Of Address Of A Motor Vehicle Driver's License Or Official Identification Card; To Provide For The Forwarding Of Voter Registration Applications To The Person's County Of Residence; To Amend Sections 23-15-33, 23-15-95 And 63-1-19, 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 House Bill HB878
Introduced
1/17/22
Refer
1/17/22
Failed
2/1/22
An Act To Amend Section 51-5-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Mississippi Commission On Environmental Quality To Exempt Persons 65 Or Older And Persons With At Least 20 Years Of Experience From The Continuing Education Requirements For License Renewal As A Water Well Contractor; And For Related Purposes.