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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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March 19, 2024 | MS | HB 1725 | Expands State Medicaid Services | Bill Passed - House (98 - 20) |
Jan. 31, 2024 | MS | HB 539 | Expands Eligibility for Ambulatory Prenatal Care | Bill Passed - House (117 - 5) |
Feb. 28, 2023 | MS | SB 2228 | Authorizes the Sale of Pet Insurance | Bill Passed - House (103 - 9) |
March 31, 2022 | MS | HB 606 | Establishes Outdoor Stewardship Act | Conference Report Adopted - House (114 - 3) |
March 31, 2022 | MS | SB 2820 | Establishes the COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program | Conference Report Adopted - House (112 - 6) |
March 8, 2022 | MS | SB 2735 | Specifies Freestanding Emergency Room Regulations | Bill Passed - House (117 - 4) |
Jan. 27, 2022 | MS | HB 1509 | Prohibits COVID Vaccine Mandates | Bill Passed - House (41 - 6) |
Feb. 10, 2021 | MS | HB 949 | Prohibits New Landfills in Counties Where 2 or more Already Exist | Bill Passed - House (107 - 5) |
Feb. 3, 2021 | MS | HB 1303 | Authorizes Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to Provide Independent Care | Bill Passed - House (78 - 38) |
June 30, 2020 | MS | SB 3049 | Establishes the "Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act" | Bill Passed - House (76 - 36) |
Feb. 28, 2018 | MS | SB 2588 | Authorizes Localities to Designate Open Container Districts | Bill Passed - House (88 - 29) |
Feb. 5, 2018 | MS | HB 1510 | Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy | Bill Passed - House (80 - 31) |
Jan. 31, 2018 | MS | HB 415 | Amends Alcoholic Beverage Regulations | (86 - 26) |
March 28, 2017 | MS | HB 1090 | Authorizes Private Contractor to Audit Medicaid | Conference Report Adopted - House (67 - 48) |
Feb. 8, 2017 | MS | HB 1090 | Authorizes Private Contractor to Audit Medicaid | Bill Passed - House (77 - 45) |
March 2, 2016 | MS | HB 938 | Expands Vaccination Exemptions | Bill Passed - House |
Feb. 26, 2016 | MS | HB 1116 | Increases Identification Requirements for Medicaid | Bill Passed - House (76 - 40) |
March 5, 2015 | MS | SB 2585 | Authorizes the State to Jail Tuberculosis Patients Who Decline Treatment | Bill Failed - House (40 - 70) |
March 6, 2013 | MS | SB 2687 | Prohibits Local Government Management of Nutrition Labeling | Bill Passed - House (92 - 26) |
April 24, 2010 | MS | SB 3214 | Prohibiting Abortion Coverage in Mississippi Health Exchanges | Bill Passed - House (75 - 32) |
Feb. 12, 2009 | MS | HB 234 | Sex Education Pilot Program | Bill Passed - House (79 - 40) |
Feb. 12, 2009 | MS | HB 234 | Sex Education Pilot Program | Bill Passed - House (79 - 40) |
Jan. 14, 2009 | MS | HB 364 | Cigarette Tax Increase | Bill Passed - House (81 - 39) |
May 29, 2008 | MS | HB 17 | Medicaid Funds Bill | Bill Failed - House (55 - 53) |
March 27, 2008 | MS | HB 520 | Reporting Sexual Activity of Minors | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (79 - 41) |
March 6, 2008 | MS | HB 1601 | Medicaid Appropriations | Bill Passed - House (74 - 41) |
Feb. 25, 2008 | MS | HB 729 | Parole Eligibility for Non-Violent Offenders | Bill Passed - House (69 - 52) |
Feb. 21, 2008 | MS | HB 1013 | Altering Medicaid and Medicare Eligibility and Increasing Cigarette Tax | Bill Passed - House (75 - 41) |
Feb. 22, 2007 | MS | SB 2391 | Abortion Law Reform | Bill Passed - House (97 - 16) |
March 8, 2006 | MS | SB 2511 | Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five | Bill Passed - House (67 - 51) |
March 6, 2006 | MS | SB 3084 | Food and Tobacco Taxes | Conference Report Adopted - House (79 - 41) |
Feb. 24, 2006 | MS | SB 3084 | Food and Tobacco Taxes | Bill Passed - House (87 - 34) |
Feb. 9, 2006 | MS | HB 1115 | Tobacco Settlement Payments | Bill Passed - House (71 - 47) |
Feb. 3, 2006 | MS | HB 1089 | Deer Baiting | Bill Passed - House (63 - 46) |
Jan. 26, 2006 | MS | HB 1318 | Hurricane Katrina Response and Recovery Oversight Act | Bill Passed - House (79 - 42) |
Jan. 25, 2006 | MS | HB 123 | Smoking Ban in Government Buildings | Bill Passed - House (83 - 37) |
Date | No. | Title | Outcome |
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3/19 | HB 1725 | Expands State Medicaid Services | Bill Passed - House (98 - 20) |
1/31 | HB 539 | Expands Eligibility for Ambulatory Prenatal Care | Bill Passed - House (117 - 5) |
2/28 | SB 2228 | Authorizes the Sale of Pet Insurance | Bill Passed - House (103 - 9) |
3/31 | HB 606 | Establishes Outdoor Stewardship Act | Conference Report Adopted - House (114 - 3) |
3/31 | SB 2820 | Establishes the COVID-19 Hospital Expanded Capacity Program | Conference Report Adopted - House (112 - 6) |
3/08 | SB 2735 | Specifies Freestanding Emergency Room Regulations | Bill Passed - House (117 - 4) |
1/27 | HB 1509 | Prohibits COVID Vaccine Mandates | Bill Passed - House (41 - 6) |
2/10 | HB 949 | Prohibits New Landfills in Counties Where 2 or more Already Exist | Bill Passed - House (107 - 5) |
2/03 | HB 1303 | Authorizes Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to Provide Independent Care | Bill Passed - House (78 - 38) |
6/30 | SB 3049 | Establishes the "Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act" | Bill Passed - House (76 - 36) |
2/28 | SB 2588 | Authorizes Localities to Designate Open Container Districts | Bill Passed - House (88 - 29) |
2/05 | HB 1510 | Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy | Bill Passed - House (80 - 31) |
1/31 | HB 415 | Amends Alcoholic Beverage Regulations | (86 - 26) |
3/28 | HB 1090 | Authorizes Private Contractor to Audit Medicaid | Conference Report Adopted - House (67 - 48) |
2/08 | HB 1090 | Authorizes Private Contractor to Audit Medicaid | Bill Passed - House (77 - 45) |
3/02 | HB 938 | Expands Vaccination Exemptions | Bill Passed - House |
2/26 | HB 1116 | Increases Identification Requirements for Medicaid | Bill Passed - House (76 - 40) |
3/05 | SB 2585 | Authorizes the State to Jail Tuberculosis Patients Who Decline Treatment | Bill Failed - House (40 - 70) |
3/06 | SB 2687 | Prohibits Local Government Management of Nutrition Labeling | Bill Passed - House (92 - 26) |
4/24 | SB 3214 | Prohibiting Abortion Coverage in Mississippi Health Exchanges | Bill Passed - House (75 - 32) |
2/12 | HB 234 | Sex Education Pilot Program | Bill Passed - House (79 - 40) |
2/12 | HB 234 | Sex Education Pilot Program | Bill Passed - House (79 - 40) |
1/14 | HB 364 | Cigarette Tax Increase | Bill Passed - House (81 - 39) |
5/29 | HB 17 | Medicaid Funds Bill | Bill Failed - House (55 - 53) |
3/27 | HB 520 | Reporting Sexual Activity of Minors | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (79 - 41) |
3/06 | HB 1601 | Medicaid Appropriations | Bill Passed - House (74 - 41) |
2/25 | HB 729 | Parole Eligibility for Non-Violent Offenders | Bill Passed - House (69 - 52) |
2/21 | HB 1013 | Altering Medicaid and Medicare Eligibility and Increasing Cigarette Tax | Bill Passed - House (75 - 41) |
2/22 | SB 2391 | Abortion Law Reform | Bill Passed - House (97 - 16) |
3/08 | SB 2511 | Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five | Bill Passed - House (67 - 51) |
3/06 | SB 3084 | Food and Tobacco Taxes | Conference Report Adopted - House (79 - 41) |
2/24 | SB 3084 | Food and Tobacco Taxes | Bill Passed - House (87 - 34) |
2/09 | HB 1115 | Tobacco Settlement Payments | Bill Passed - House (71 - 47) |
2/03 | HB 1089 | Deer Baiting | Bill Passed - House (63 - 46) |
1/26 | HB 1318 | Hurricane Katrina Response and Recovery Oversight Act | Bill Passed - House (79 - 42) |
1/25 | HB 123 | Smoking Ban in Government Buildings | Bill Passed - House (83 - 37) |