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Mississippi State Senator

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Mississippi State Senator

Derrick Simmons 2023 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation (Page 4)

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2311

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Counties; require to participate in the ACT Work Ready Community Initiative.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2324

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Early Learning Collaborative Act; revise to include three year old children for voluntary prekindergarten.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2393

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Workers' compensation; increase maximum total recovery, remove permanent total disability compensation cap.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2394

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2417

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
The Crown Act; enact to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyles in workplace and schools.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2456

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2483

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Mississippi State Employee Maternity Leave Act; create.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2530

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Engrossed
2/8/23  
Refer
2/14/23  
Enrolled
3/31/23  
"Secretary of State Eric Clark Coastal Preserve" and "Gollott Island/Godfather Point"; Department of Marine Resources designate.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2565

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program (NHRP); direct Mississippi Home Corporation to establish using federal funds.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2567

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Transportation; expand the times required for motor vehicle headlight usage.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2591

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Supplementary state food stamp program for elderly recipients; create and fund.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2592

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Retired teachers; allow to draw retirement benefits and be reemployed as teachers subject to certain conditions.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2593

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Jackson State University; provide for the construction of a six hundred room student housing project.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2609

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Grandparents; authorize the payment of support for assuming primary care of grandchildren, create tax credit for.
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Mississippi 2023 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2637

Introduced
1/16/23  
Refer
1/16/23  
Initiative measure; create procedures for qualified elector to propose amendment to the Mississippi Code of 1972.