The Mississippi Legislature has returned to Jackson for the 2022 Legislative Session. Y’all Politics has compiled a list of bills that we anticipate to be pertinent to discussions throughout this year’s session.
This compilation will be updated, changed and added to as lawmakers continue their work under the dome.
Top Picks:
| HB 530 | The “Strategically Accelerating the Recruitment and Retention of Teachers (START) Act of 2022”; create. 1 1/11 (H) Referred To Appropriations 2 01/11 (H) Title Stuff Do Pass 3 01/12 (H) Passed {Vote} 4 01/13 (H) Transmitted To Senate 5 01/20 (S) Referred To Education;Appropriations |
| HB 531
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Mississippi Tax Freedom Act of 2022; create. 1 01/11 (H) Referred To Ways and Means 2 01/11 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 3 01/12 (H) Amended 4 01/12 (H) Passed As Amended {Vote} 5 01/13 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Lamar, Steverson) 6 01/13 (H) Reconsidered 7 01/13 (H) Amended 8 01/13 (H) Passed As Amended {Vote} 9 01/18 (H) Transmitted To Senate 10 01/28 (S) Referred To Finance |
| HB 512 | Alcoholic beverages; remove DOR from being wholesale distributor, authorize issuance of wholesaler’s permits. 1 01/06 (H) Referred To Ways and Means 2 01/26 (H) Title Stuff Do Pass 3 02/02 (H) Passed |
| HB 384 | Mississippi Congressional district; reapportion. PASSED 1 01/05 (H) Referred To Rules 2 01/05 (H) Title Stuff Do Pass 3 01/06 (H) Passed {Vote} 4 01/07 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered (Johnson, Roberson, Currie) 5 01/10 (H) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 6 01/10 (H) Transmitted To Senate 7 01/10 (S) Referred To Rules 8 01/11 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 9 01/12 (S) Amendment Failed 10 01/12 (S) Passed {Vote} 11 01/13 (S) Returned For Enrolling 12 01/14 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 13 01/17 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 14 01/24 Approved by Governor |
Law Enforcement/Corrections:
Healthcare:
| HB 764 | “Mississippi Health Care Workers Retention Act of 2022”; create. 1 01/17 (H) Referred To Appropriations 2 01/27 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 02/02 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 02/02 (H) Amended 5 02/02 (H) Passed As Amended |
Education:
| HB 31 | Charter schools; reconstitute authorizer board and require formula to ensure equitable distribution of local funds. 1 01/04 (H) Referred To Education 2 01/31 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| HB 437 | The Teaching Racial and Universal Equality (TRUE) Act: enact to prohibit critical race theory from inclusion in public school curriculum. DEAD 01/05 (H) Referred To Education DEAD |
General:
Top Picks:
| SB2033 | Recipients of Medicaid; extend postpartum coverage up to 12 months. 1 01/06 (S) Referred To Medicaid 2 01/26 (S) Title Suff Do Pass |
| SB2095 | Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act; create. 1 01/11 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare 2 01/12 (S) Title Suff Do Pass 3 01/13 (S) Amended 4 01/13 (S) Passed As Amended {Vote} 5 01/13 (S) Immediate Release 6 01/13 (S) Motion to Reconsider Entered 7 01/17 (S) Motion to Reconsider Tabled 8 01/18 (S) Transmitted To House 9 01/19 (H) Referred To Drug Policy 10 01/19 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 11 01/19 (H) Amended 12 01/19 (H) Passed As Amended {Vote} 13 01/20 (H) Returned For Concurrence 14 01/25 (S) Decline to Concur/Invite Conf 15 01/25 (S) Immediate Release 16 01/25 (S) Conferees Named Bryan,Blackwell,Wiggins 17 01/25 (H) Conferees Named White,Mims,Yancey 18 01/25 (S) Conference Report Filed 19 01/25 (H) Conference Report Filed 20 01/26 (S) Conference Report Adopted {Vote} 21 01/26 (S) Immediate Release 22 01/26 (H) Conference Report Adopted {Vote} 23 01/27 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 24 01/27 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 25 01/27 Due From Governor 02/02/22 |
ARPA Funds:
S. B. No. 2862: |
Appropriation; Child Protective Services, Department of-ARPA funds.
1 01/17 (S) Referred To Appropriations |
S. B. No. 2863: |
Appropriation; Mississippi Emergency Management Agency-ARPA funds.
1 01/17 (S) Referred To Appropriations |
| S. B. No. 2864: | Appropriation; National Guard,-ARPA funds.
1 01/17 (S) Referred To Appropriations |
| S. B. No. 2865: | Appropriation; Mental Health, Department of-ARPA funds
1 01/17 (S) Referred To Appropriations |
Law Enforcement/Corrections:
Education:
| SB2113 | Critical Race Theory; prohibit. 1 01/12 (S) Referred To Education 2 01/20 (S) Title Stuff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| SB2171 | “Critical race theory”; prohibit teaching of and expenditure of public funds for. 1 01/12 (S) Referred To Education 2 01/20 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub 3 01/21 (S) Committee Substitute Adopted 4 01/21 (S) Passed {Vote} 5 01/24 (S) Transmitted To House |
General:
| SB2159 | Mississippi Flexible Tax Incentive Act; create. 1 01/13 (S) Referred To Finance;Economic and Workforce Development 2 02/01 (S) DR – TSDPCS: FI To EC 3 02/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| SB2495 | Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create. 1 01/17 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks 2 01/26 (S) Title STuff Do Pass Comm Sub |
| SB2515 | State parks; transfer jurisdiction from WFP Department and Commission to Mississippi Department of Tourism. 1 01/17 (S) Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks 2 02/01 (S) Title Suff Do Pass |
