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MSHR52Intro
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A Resolution Recognizing And Commending The Musical Career Of Jimmy "duck" Holmes.
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2025-02-21
To House Rules Committee
MSHB1201Engross
50%
An Act To Require The Secretary Of State To Establish A Program To Provide An Income Tax Credit For Taxpayers Who Develop Blighted Property In Mississippi For The Purpose Of Placing The Property Into Use Either As An Owner-occupied Dwelling Or Commer...
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2025-02-17
To Senate Finance Committee
MSHB1551Engross
50%
An Act To Create The Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board Within The State Department Of Health To Review The Deaths Resulting From Domestic Violence Incidents And Establish Strategies To Prevent Domestic Violence Fatalities; To Provide For The Me...
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2025-02-17
To Senate Judiciary, Division A Committee
MSHB1656Engross
50%
An Act To Create The Strengthening Troop Retention For Our National Guard (strong) Act; To Amend Section 27-7-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Income Tax Exemption For National Guard And Reserve Forces Members; To Create A New Section Of...
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2025-02-11
Motion to Reconsider Entered (Steverson, Lamar)
MSHB740FailAn Act To Create The "mississippi Minimum Wage Law"; To Establish The State Minimum Wage At $15.00 Per Hour; To Provide That Employers With Tipped Employees Are Exempt From The Requirement To Pay The State Minimum Wage; To Establish Guidelines For Em...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB666FailAn Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop A Comprehensive Curriculum And Implement Courses In African-american Studies And Racial Diversity To Be Included In The Public High School Education Curriculum; And For Related Purposes.
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB26FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-21-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Annual Salary Supplement To Assistant Teachers Employed By School Districts Rated "c", "d" Or "f" Under The Accountability System; And For Related Purposes.
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB24FailAn Act To Create The Early Voting Act; To Provide Definitions; To Provide That The Early Voting Period Shall Begin Twenty Days Before The Election And Continue Until Five Days Preceding The Election; To Provide That Early Voting Shall Be For Each Pri...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB595FailAn Act To Amend Sections 73-77-1, 73-77-3, 73-77-5, 73-77-7 And 73-77-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Fresh Start Act; To Provide That The Fresh Start Act Shall Supersede Any Other Provision Of Law To The Contrary; To Amend Sections 19-5-3...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB25FailAn Act To Amend Section 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Department Of Education To Pay A Salary Supplement To Persons Employed As A Licensed Teacher In A Critical Shortage Subject Area By A School District Assigned An Accounta...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB27FailAn Act To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Age Restriction For Expunction Of Misdemeanor Crimes; And For Related Purposes.
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB704FailAn Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclusively Recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday On The Third Monday Of January; To Remove Robert E. Lee's Birthday As A Legal State Holiday; And For Related Purposes.
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB663FailAn Act To Amend Section 1, Chapter 393, Laws Of 2019, To Provide The Mississippi Development Authority To Sell Certain Real Property Located In Lowndes County And The City Of Columbus, Mississippi, For Less Than Fair Market Value; To Provide That Any...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB56FailAn Act To Create The "joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide That Two Or More Municipalities Within Any County That Has Seven Or More Municipalities May Establish A Joint Police Department If The Governing Authoriti...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB667FailAn Act To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop A Civics Curriculum To Be Taught In The Public High Schools; To Amend Section 37-13-151, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The State Board Of Education To Develop A High School Home Economi...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB664FailAn Act To Amend Section 23-15-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Person Who Is Otherwise A Qualified Elector And Has Been Convicted Of Certain Disenfranchising Crimes, Except For Arson, Armed Robbery, Carjacking, Embezzlement, Murder, Ra...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB357FailAn Act To Authorize The Issuance Of A Hardship Driver's License To A Person Whose License Has Been Suspended As A Result Of Being Out Of Compliance With An Order For Support; To Require A Person To Establish Proof Of Hardship; To Amend Section 63-1-4...
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2025-02-04
Died In Committee
MSHB4106FailAn Act To Restore The Right Of Suffrage To Jason Terrell Carter Of Madison County, Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-05-14
Died In Committee
MSHB1210PassAn Act To Establish The "dr. Elton Mac Huddleston Rural Veterinarians Scholarship Program At Mississippi State University" For The Purpose Of Providing Scholarships To Qualifying Students Pursuing A Degree In Veterinary Medicine, Who Will Then Commit...
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2024-04-17
Approved by Governor
MSHR128PassA Resolution Commending The Essie B. And William Earl Glenn Foundation For Its Impressive Humanitarian Efforts, Congratulating The Organization On The Occasion Of Its Fifth Statewide Symposium And Encouraging The Citizens Of Mississippi To Observe Ap...
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2024-04-17
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR113PassA Resolution Commending And Congratulating Jackson State University Head Women's Basketball Coach Tomekia Reed For Being Named The Southwestern Athletic Conference (swac) Coach Of The Year Four Times (three Consecutive) In Her Career, And Boxtorow Hb...
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2024-04-16
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR111PassA Resolution Commending And Congratulating Angel Jackson, Upon A Successful Basketball Season And Being Named The 2024 Southwestern Athletic Conference's (swac) Women's Defensive Player Of The Year.
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2024-04-16
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR73PassA Resolution Designating April 10, 2024, As Piney Woods Day At The Capitol.
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2024-04-08
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR74PassA Resolution Commending And Congratulating The 2023-2024 Canton High School Tigers Boys Basketball Team And Head Coach Brian Townsend Upon Winning The Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5a State Basketball Championship.
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2024-04-08
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR87PassA Resolution Commending The Piney Woods Country Life School Upon The Production Of The Documentary, Sacred Soil: The Piney Woods School Story, Premiering On Hulu And Congratulating The School Upon The Observance Of The 115th Year Anniversary Of Its F...
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2024-04-08
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR92PassA Resolution Recognizing And Commending Mr. Alfred Williams For Being The First African American Inducted Into The Bass Fishing Hall Of Fame.
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2024-04-08
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHB1299FailAn Act Making An Appropriation To The Piney Woods School To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Repair And Renovation Of And Upgrades And Improvements To Campus Buildings And Facilities For The Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-03-27
Died In Committee
MSHB4004FailAn Act Making An Appropriation To The Pine Grove Association In The City Of Canton To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Completing Construction Of The Association's H.o.p.e Center Multipurpose Community Facility For The Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-03-27
Died In Committee
MSHB4006FailAn Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Canton To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Repairs And Upgrades To The Hvac System At The Canton Multipurpose Complex For The Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-03-27
Died In Committee
MSHB4009FailAn Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Canton To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Roofing Repairs For The City's Multipurpose Complex For The Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-03-27
Died In Committee
MSHB4005FailAn Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Canton To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Purchasing Tasers, Providing Training And Purchasing Associated Equipment For The Canton Police Department For The Fiscal Year...
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2024-03-27
Died In Committee
MSHB4007FailAn Act Making An Appropriation To The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Canton To Assist In Paying Costs Associated With Upgrades, Repairs And Renovations To Canton's City Hall For The Fiscal Year 2025.
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2024-03-27
Died In Committee
MSHB124PassAn Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Fourth Thursday Of March As Tuskegee Airmen Day In Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-03-19
Approved by Governor
MSHB51FailAn Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclusively Recognize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday On The Third Monday Of January; To Remove Robert E. Lee's Birthday As A Legal State Holiday; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-03-05
Died In Committee
MSHB1285FailAn Act To Amend Section 11-43-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Court To Respond To Each Writ Of Habeas Corpus No More Than 14 Days From The Date It Is Filed; And For Related Purposes.
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2024-03-05
Died In Committee
MSHB1300FailAn Act To Create "the Clean Slate Act"; To Authorize The Automatic Expungement Of Crimes That Would Otherwise Require A Petition; To Require The Department Of Corrections, In Conjunction With The Administrative Office Of Courts And The Mississippi Cr...
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2024-03-05
Died In Committee
MSHB1372FailAn Act To Amend Section 25-11-127, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Retired Members Of The Public Employees' Retirement System To Be Employed In A Position For Which The Employer Has A Critical Need For Or Shortage Of Employees And Draw The Ful...
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2024-03-05
Died In Committee
MSHB1367FailAn Act To Amend Section 25-15-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State And School Employees' Life And Health Insurance Plan Shall Provide That, Regardless Of The Type Of Coverage An Employee Has, An Employee Shall Only Be Required To Pa...
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2024-03-05
Died In Committee
MSHR37PassA Resolution Recognizing And Commending Ameshya Williams-holliday For Her Outstanding Achievements, And For Being The First Mississippi Hbcu Player Drafted By The Wnba.
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2024-02-28
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHR28PassA Resolution Honoring The Mississippi Chapters Of Jack And Jill Of America, Inc., For Its Exceptional Commitment To Cultivate The Leaders Of Tomorrow And Commending This Distinguished Organization Of Families On The Occasion Of Jack And Jill Of Ameri...
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2024-02-14
Enrolled Bill Signed
MSHB2PassAn Act Making An Additional Appropriation In The Sum Of $44,000,000.00 From The Project Atlas Fund To The Mississippi Development Authority For The Purpose Of Funding The Projects Defined In Section 57-75-5(f)(xxxiii), Mississippi Code Of 1972, For T...
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2024-01-30
Approved by Governor
MSHB1PassAn Act To Create The Project Atlas Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury For The Purpose Of Providing Grants Or Loans To Fund Certain Data Processing Facility Projects, As Defined In Section 57-75-5(f)(xxxiii), Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Pro...
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2024-01-30
Approved by Governor
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