Mississippi 2024 Regular Session All Bills (Page 6)
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1066
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/14/24
An Act To Create The Mississippi Whistleblower Reward Act; To Provide For Definitions; To Provide That When A Whistleblower Provides Original Information And Substantial Evidence Of The Theft Or Misuse Of Government Funds Or Property To The Department, And That Evidence Leads To The Successful Recovery Of Funds By The Department, Then The State Of Mississippi, Through The Department Of Audit, Shall Pay Such Whistleblower Fifteen Percent Of The Proceeds Of The Recovery; To Provide How The Potential Reward Shall Be Recovered; To Provide That Additionally, The Cost Incurred By The Department With Any Vendor Whose Services Were Deemed Necessary By The Department To Fully Investigate Shall Also Be Recovered; To Provide That The Identity Of The Whistleblower Shall Remain Confidential Except In Certain Situations; To Provide That Communications Between The Department Of Audit And The Whistleblower Shall Be Exempt From The Mississippi Public Records Act; To Amend Section 25-61-12, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1067
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Be Known As The Mississippi Genetic Counselor Practice Act; To Provide For The Licensure And Regulation Of Genetic Counselors By The State Board Of Health; To Define Certain Terms And Define The Scope Of Practice Of Genetic Counseling; To Provide That From And After January 1, 2025, A License Issued Under This Act Is Required To Engage In The Practice Of Genetic Counseling; To Prohibit Persons From Holding Themselves Out As Genetic Counselors Unless They Are Licensed In Accordance With This Act; To Prescribe The Minimum Qualifications For Genetic Counseling Licensure; To Provide For Reciprocal Licensure For Persons Who Are Licensed Or Registered As A Genetic Counselor Under The Laws Of Another State; To Authorize The Board To Grant Provisional Genetic Counselor Licenses For Persons Who Have Been Granted Active Candidate Status; To Prescribe Continuing Education Requirements For Licensees; To Provide Exemptions From Licensure For Certain Persons; To Create The Mississippi Council Of Advisors In Genetic Counseling To Advise The Board And Department On Matters Relating To The Administration And Interpretation Of The Provisions Of This Act; To Prescribe The Powers And Duties Of The Board In Administering The Provisions Of This Act; To Authorize The Board To Deny, Suspend Or Revoke Licenses For Certain Conduct; To Authorize The Board To Receive And Process Complaints And Investigate Allegations Or Practices Violating The Provisions Of This Act; To Authorize The Board To Seek Injunctive Relief To Prohibit Persons From Providing Services As A Genetic Counselor Without Being Licensed Under This Act; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1068
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/19/24
Enrolled
4/18/24
Passed
4/25/24
An Act To Amend Section 41-61-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Add The Death Of Any Person Under The Age Of Eighteen To The List Of Deaths Categorized As "affecting Public Interest"; To Amend Section 41-61-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require County Medical Examiners To Enter Electronically The Information For All Deaths, And All Associated Toxicology Reports, That Occur In The Examiner's County In A Manner Prescribed By The State Medical Examiner; To Amend Section 13-1-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create An Evidentiary Presumption Of Death To Be Known As The "zeb Hughes Law" Whenever Uncontradicted Sworn Testimony And Evidence Support A Determination Of The Death Of A Missing Person Who Has Undergone A Catastrophic Event That Exposed The Person To Imminent Peril; To Create New Section 41-57-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Registrar Of Vital Statistics To Prepare A Death Certificate For A Missing Person Legally Presumed To Be Dead Upon Receipt Of A Proper Court Order; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1069
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 73-21-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Pharmacists To Dispense A Prescription Drug To A Patient For Whom The Prescription Is Written Unless Certain Circumstances Exist; To Provide That The State Board Of Medical Licensure Shall Not Prohibit Physicians From Prescribing Any Drug Or Medicine That Has Been Approved By The Food And Drug Administration (fda); To Provide That The Mississippi Board Of Nursing Shall Not Prohibit Advance Practice Registered Nurses From Prescribing Any Drug Or Medicine That The Nurse Is Authorized To Prescribe Under The Terms Of The Collaborative Agreement Between The Nurse And A Physician If That Drug Or Medicine Has Been Approved By The Fda; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB107
Introduced
1/17/24
Refer
1/17/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 27-19-40, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Issuance Of Temporary Motor Vehicle License Tags Or Plates To Persons Who Purchase Motor Vehicles From Dealers; To Provide The Time For Which The Temporary Tags Or Plates Will Be Valid; To Authorize A Motor Vehicle Dealer To Charge A Fee For The Issuance Of Such Tags Or Plates; To Bring Forward Sections 27-19-59, 27-19-61 And 27-19-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Sections Of The Motor Vehicle Privilege Tax Laws, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 63-21-69, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is A Section Of The Mississippi Motor Vehicle And Manufactured Housing Title Law, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1070
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Create New Section 25-3-96, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That State Employees Who Have Used Earned Personal Leave Or Major Medical Leave In Order To Be Paid Their Regular Compensation While Taking Leave Under The Federal Family And Medical Leave Act (fmla) May Buy Back All Or Any Portion Of The Personal Or Major Medical Leave Used While Taking Fmla Leave, By Paying To Their Employer The Amount Of The Net Compensation Received During The Use Of The Personal Or Major Medical Leave; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1071
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 37-13-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Absences Resulting From Students Disability As Defined By State Statute, Under Idea And Section 504 Of The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973, Shall Be Deemed Excused; To Exempt The Parents Or Legal Guardians Of Children With Disabilities From Prosecution For Absences Related To The Child's Disability; To Require The State Board Of Education To Adopt Rules And Regulations Governing The Implementation Of Procedures To Promote Interventions To Assist Students Vulnerable To Chronic Absenteeism And Schools And Districts With High Rates Of Chronic Absenteeism; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1072
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 41-29-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Any Person Trafficking In Schedule I Or Ii Controlled Substances Of Eighty Or More Dosage Units Is Guilty Of Aggravated Trafficking; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1073
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 97-5-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Elements For The Crime Of "contributing To The Delinquency Of A Minor"; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1074
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Engrossed
3/12/24
Refer
3/19/24
Failed
4/10/24
An Act To Amend Section 97-7-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase Penalties For Terroristic Threats Made Against An Airport; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1075
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Declare That All Forms Of Discrimination In The Criminal Justice System Are Prohibited; To Require Certain State And Local Governmental Entities To Provide Employee Training In Antidiscrimination Laws And To Adopt Policies And Take Such Other Measures As May Be Necessary To Ensure That Their Activities Connected With The Criminal Justice System Are Free Of Discrimination; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1076
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
An Act To Amend Section 37-28-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize State Institutions Of Higher Learning And Community And Junior Colleges, In Addition To The Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board, To Authorize Charter Schools; To Require State Institutions Of Higher Learning And Community And Junior Colleges Desiring To Authorize Charter Schools To Establish An Office Specifically For That Purpose; To Require The Chairman Of The Charter School Authorizer Board To Be Selected From Among The Members Appointed To The Board By The Governor And Lieutenant Governor; To Amend Section 37-28-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Definitions Used In The Mississippi Charter Schools Act In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; To Amend Section 37-28-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter School Authorizers To Amend Charter School Contracts In Order To Approve Mergers, Consolidations And Reconfigurations Without Closing A Charter School; To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit An Authorizer That Receives An Appropriation For Its Operational Support From Retaining A Portion Of Per-pupil Allocations For Its Support; To Amend Section 37-28-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-28-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter School Authorizers To Limit The Information Initially Submitted By A Charter School Applicant To That Which The Authorizer Deems Essential; To Amend Section 37-28-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Certain Applicants That Are Denied A Charter To Remedy The Application's Deficiencies And Reapply Before The Next Regular Application Process; To Amend Section 37-28-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter Schools To Apply For Oversight With A Different Authorizer During The Term Of An Existing Charter Contract; To Amend Section 37-28-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Manner In Which A Charter School's Underserved Population Is Compared To That Of The Local School District And To Authorize An Enrollment Preference For Children Transferring To A Charter School From Another School Chartered By The Same Authorizer; To Amend Section 37-28-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Limit Comparisons To A Local School District's Academic Performance To Five Percent Of The Overall Academic Evaluation Of A Charter School; To Amend Section 37-28-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Charter Schools That Receive A Renewal Contract Of Less Than Five Years To Appeal The Decision In The Same Manner That Nonrenewals And Revocations Are Appealed; To Amend Section 37-28-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Eliminate Annual Peer Committee Reports On The Sufficiency Of Charter School Funding And To Require Additional Reports From Charter School Authorizers; To Amend Section 37-28-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Provisionally Licensed Teachers And Teachers Out Of Field From The 25% Limitation On Charter School Teachers Exempt From Licensure Requirements; To Amend Section 37-28-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Manner In Which Average Daily Attendance, For Purposes Of State Funding, At Charter Schools Is Calculated; To Amend Section 37-28-57, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Charter Schools To Consult With The State Auditor In Developing Financial Regulations And To Provide That Charter Schools Are Not Required To Adhere To Financial Policies Adopted By The State Department Of Education Unless A Relevant Statute Is Specifically Made Applicable To Charter Schools; And For Related Purposes.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1077
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/27/24
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Houston Palestine Water Association In Itawamba County For The Costs Associated With Making Certain Improvements To The Water System For The Fiscal Year 2025.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1078
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Failed
3/5/24
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 2024 Regular Session
Mississippi House Bill HB1079
Introduced
2/8/24
Refer
2/8/24
Engrossed
3/8/24
Refer
3/21/24
Enrolled
4/8/24
Passed
4/17/24
An Act To Amend Section 83-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Requirements For A Clean Claim; To Provide That The Commissioner Of Insurance May Adopt Rules And Regulations Necessary To Ensure Compliance With This Section; And For Related Purposes.