Mississippi 2023 Regular Session All Bills
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB78
Introduced
1/4/23
Refer
1/4/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create New Sections 25-11-147 And 25-11-321, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Who Is An Elected Official Or A Member Of The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan Is Convicted Of Or Enters A Plea Of Guilty Or Nolo Contendere In Any Court To A Felony In Which Public Funds Were Unlawfully Taken, Obtained Or Misappropriated In The Abuse Or Misuse Of The Person's Office That Is Committed On Or After July 1, 2023, The Court Shall Conduct A Hearing In A Separate Civil Proceeding To Determine If All Of The Conditions Have Been Met; To Provide That If All Of The Conditions Have Been Met, The Court Shall Issue An Order That The Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Be Suspended; To Provide That A Member Who Is Convicted Of Such A Felony Shall Not Have His Or Her Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Suspended Until All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired; To Provide That After Receiving The Suspension Order From The Court, The System Shall Request The Attorney General For A Determination Of Whether All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired; To Provide That After The Attorney General Notifies The System That All Appeals Of The Conviction Have Been Finally Concluded Or The Time For An Appeal From The Conviction Has Expired, The Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Shall Be Suspended Until The Member Has Made Full Restitution Of The Public Funds That Were Unlawfully Taken, Obtained Or Misappropriated In The Abuse Or Misuse Of The Member's Office, As Determined By The Attorney General; To Provide That If A Member Of The System Or Plan Is Also A Member Of Another Retirement System Administered By The Board Of Trustees Of The System, And The Felony For Which The Member Was Convicted Or Entered A Plea Of Guilty Or Nolo Contendere Was In Connection With The Member's Service As An Elected Official That Is Covered By Only One Of The Retirement Systems, The Member's Retirement Benefits Will Be Suspended Only From The Retirement System In Which His Or Her Service As An Elected Official Was Covered At The Time That He Or She Committed The Felony; To Provide That The System May Conclusively Rely On A Suspension Order From The Court And The Notice From The Attorney General That The Requirements Of This Act Have Been Met In Suspending A Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan; To Provide That The System Is Not Liable For Any Mistake In The Payment Of Retirement Benefits To A Member In Good Faith Reliance On A Suspension Order From The Court And The Notice From The Attorney General; To Provide That Any Ambiguity Or Uncertainty About Whether A Member's Retirement Benefits From The System Or Plan Should Be Suspended Shall Be Resolved In Favor Of The Member; To Amend Sections 25-11-111, 25-11-120, 25-11-129, 25-11-309 And 25-11-319, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB780
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
2/22/23
An Act Making An Appropriation To The State Department Of Health For The Purpose Of Providing Public Postsecondary Educational Institutions And Public School Districts With Epinephrine Auto—injectors And Automated External Defibrillators (aed) For Each Educational Building And Other Locations For The Fiscal Year 2024.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB781
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 37-173-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That School Districts Providing Comprehensive Dyslexia Evaluations And Parents Exercising The Option To Have Subsequent Comprehensive Psycho-educational Evaluations Are Entitled To Reimbursement Of The Cost Of Such An Evaluation Which Results In A Diagnosis Of Dyslexia, In An Amount Not To Exceed $800.00; To Fine Schools And School Districts Which Fail To Accept The Results Of A Subsequent Comprehensive Pyscho-educational Evaluation That Determine A Diagnosis Of Dyslexia; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB782
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
2/22/23
An Act To Provide A State Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Claiming The Federal Earned Income Tax Credit; To Provide The Amount Of The Credit; To Provide That If The Amount Of Credit Claimed By A Taxpayer Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Imposed Upon The Taxpayer For The Taxable Year, Then The Taxpayer Shall Receive A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For The Amount Of Such Excess; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB783
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The Health Care Facility Right To Visit Act To Prevent All Health Care Facilities That Have Received A Certificate Of Need From The Department Of Health From Instituting Any Policy That Limits Patients' Abilities To Be Visited By Designated Family Members Or Friends During Any Hospitalization Or Treatment; To Allow The Facilities To Impose Reasonable Safety Requirements; To Provide That No Facility Shall Be Held Liable For Damages In An Action Involving A Liability Claim Against Such Facility Arising From The Facility's Compliance With The Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB784
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Sections 25-15-405 And 25-25-409, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Act To Provide That The Cancer Benefits Under The Act Will Not Be Paid From Insurance Policies But Shall Be Paid By The Attorney General's Office From Funds Appropriated By The Legislature; To Repeal Section 25-15-407, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides That The Cost Of Purchasing Insurance Policies That Provide For Cancer Coverage Must Be Borne By The First Responders' Employers; To Amend Section 7, Chapter 467, Laws Of 2019, As Last Amended By Section 2, Chapter 364, Laws Of 2021, To Revise The Effective Date Of The Mississippi First Responders Health And Safety Act To Conform With This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB785
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The Mississippi Rare Disease Advisory Council At The University Of Mississippi Medical Center; To Declare Certain Legislative Findings Relating To Rare Diseases; To Prescribe The Membership And Duties Of The Council; To Require The Council To Submit An Annual Report To The Governor And Legislature; To Require The Governor To Appoint Members Of A Board Of Directors For The Governance Of The Council; To Require The Board Of Directors To Employ An Executive Director For The Council; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB786
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 49-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize An Individual Who Was Born In Mississippi, But Is Not A Current Resident, To Purchase A Combination Nonresident Native Hunting And Fishing License, Upon Presenting An Original Or Certified Original Birth Certificate; To Bring Forward Sections 49-7-5, 49-7-9, 49-7-17, 49-7-21, 49-7-8, 49-7-12, 49-7-22, 49-7-23, 49-7-27, And 49-7-153, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB787
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Engrossed
1/25/23
Refer
2/14/23
Enrolled
3/14/23
Passed
3/22/23
An Act To Amend Section 73-36-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The State Board Of Registration For Foresters To Suspend The License Of A Licensee For Failure Of The Licensee To Satisfy A Judgement Against Such Licensee, And/or The Company Or Business For Which The Licensee Provided Services, Which Was Rendered In Connection To The Practice Of Forestry; To Bring Forward Sections 73-36-1, 73-36-3, 73-36-5, 73-36-7, 73-36-9, 73-36-11, 73-36-13, 73-36-15, 73-36-17, 73-36-19, 73-36-21, 73-36-23, 73-36-25, 73-36-27, 73-36-29, 73-36-31, 73-36-35 And 73-36-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Foresters Registration Law, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB788
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Prohibit School Boards Which Have Adopted Policies Allowing Students Meeting Certain Criteria To Be Exempt From Periodic, Quarterly Or Semester Exams From Prohibiting Students Who Have Maintained All A's On His Or Her Report Card From Being Exempt From Such Examinations Due To Absenteeism; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB789
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create The "prohibiting Financial Surveillance Act"; To Prohibit All Financial Institutions In The State Of Mississippi From Being Required To Report Any Account Balances, Transactions, Transfers, Or Similar Information With Respect To Any Account Maintained By Such Institution, Except To The Extent That Such Reporting Is Required Under Any State Or Federal Law In Effect On The Date Of The Enactment Of This Act; To Define The Term "financial Institution" For Purposes Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB79
Introduced
1/4/23
Refer
1/4/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Local School Boards To Designate A Period Of Reflection At The Beginning Of Each School Day To Provide For Student-initiated Prayer On A Voluntary Basis; To Bring Forward Sections 37-13-4 And 37-13-4.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB790
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 25-11-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That County And Municipal Election Commissioners Shall Receive Creditable Service In The Public Employees' Retirement System For Their Terms Of Office; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB791
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Amend Section 41-29-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add Tianeptine To The List Of Schedule Ii Controlled Substances; To Bring Forward Section 41-29-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Schedule I Controlled Substances, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB792
Introduced
1/16/23
Refer
1/16/23
Failed
1/31/23
An Act To Create An Incentive For Persons, Corporations Or Other Entities To Construct Hotels In This State; To Create The Hotel Construction Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; To Authorize Incentive Payments From Such Fund To Approved Participants That Incur Costs To Construct Hotels In This State; To Provide That Incentive Payments Shall Cease On The Occurrence Of The Earlier Of The Date That An Aggregate Amount Of 30% Of The Approved Project Costs Incurred By An Approved Participant For A Hotel Project Has Been Paid To The Approved Participant Or 15 Years After The Date The Hotel Project Opens For Commercial Operation; To Require The Mississippi Development Authority To Administer The Program; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Portion Of The Sales Tax Revenue Collected From The Operation Of A Hotel Project Shall Be Deposited, After Certain Diversions, Into The Hotel Construction Project Sales Tax Incentive Fund; And For Related Purposes.