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Mississippi State Senator

Derrick Simmons

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Mississippi State Senator

Derrick Simmons 2024 Regular Session - Authored & Sponsored Legislation

Legislative Session

Primary Sponsor of Legislation

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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2046

Introduced
1/16/24  
Refer
1/16/24  
Medicaid; expand eligibility to include individuals entitled to benefits under federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2117

Introduced
1/19/24  
Refer
1/19/24  
Medicaid; provide for presumptive eligibility for pregnant women.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2140

Introduced
1/29/24  
Refer
1/29/24  
Engrossed
1/31/24  
Refer
2/1/24  
Enrolled
2/23/24  
Mississippi Prior Authorization Reform Act; enact.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2160

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Practice of Podiatric Medicine; provide certain requirements to perform specific surgeries.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2163

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and Development Fund.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2171

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Conditional medical release; revise authority of MDOC.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2172

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Mississippi Minimum Wage Act; enact.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2173

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
State Workplace Safety and Health Office; establish under State Board of Health.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2202

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Violent habitual offender; require both previous crimes to have been crimes of violence.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2203

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Habitual offender; prior felonies with completed sentences more than 10 years prior to date of offense not considered.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2204

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2205

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Expunction; allow after 20 years of good behavior with certain exceptions.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2206

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Absentee voting; authorize every qualified elector.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2220

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Bonds; create a rural counties and municipalities emergency infrastructure loan program and authorize issuance of bonds.
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Mississippi 2024 Regular Session

Mississippi Senate Bill SB2230

Introduced
2/2/24  
Refer
2/2/24  
Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.