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Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
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Jan. 31, 2024 | MS | SB 2140 | Establishes an Online Portal for Physicians to Submit Prior Authorization Requests | Bill Passed - Senate (52 - 0) |
Jan. 31, 2024 | MS | SB 2140 | Establishes an Online Portal for Physicians to Submit Prior Authorization Requests | Bill Passed - Senate (52 - 0) |
March 31, 2022 | MS | HB 606 | Establishes Outdoor Stewardship Act | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (38 - 1) |
March 9, 2022 | MS | HB 1509 | Prohibits COVID Vaccine Mandates | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 15) |
Feb. 24, 2022 | MS | HB 20 | Prohibits Organ Donor Discrimination Based on Disability | Bill Passed - Senate (50 - 0) |
July 1, 2020 | MS | SB 3049 | Establishes the "Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act" | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (28 - 11) |
June 26, 2020 | MS | SB 3051 | Establishes Special Provisions for Unemployment Compensation Due to COVID-19 | Bill Passed - Senate (37 - 3) |
June 24, 2020 | MS | SB 3046 | Establishes COVID-19 Broadband Grant Programs | Bill Passed - Senate (49 - 2) |
June 17, 2020 | MS | HB 1087 | Rescinds the Prohibition on Alcohol Possession | Bill Passed - Senate (38 - 11) |
March 6, 2018 | MS | HB 1510 | Prohibits Abortion After 15 Weeks of Pregnancy | Bill Passed - Senate (35 - 14) |
Feb. 6, 2018 | MS | SB 2836 | Authorizes Continued Medicaid Funding | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 16) |
Feb. 6, 2018 | MS | SB 2836 | Authorizes Continued Medicaid Funding | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 16) |
Feb. 5, 2018 | MS | SB 2588 | Authorizes Localities to Designate Open Container Districts | Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 9) |
March 29, 2017 | MS | HB 1090 | Authorizes Private Contractor to Audit Medicaid | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (30 - 17) |
March 7, 2017 | MS | HB 1090 | Authorizes Private Contractor to Audit Medicaid | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
March 2, 2016 | MS | SB 2238 | Prohibits the Appropriation of Funds to Planned Parenthood | Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 17) |
Feb. 11, 2014 | MS | SB 2563 | Requires Universities to Develop a Plan of Action for Unplanned Pregnancies | Bill Passed - Senate (36 - 11) |
Jan. 29, 2009 | MS | HB 364 | Cigarette Tax Increase | Bill Passed - Senate (42 - 7) |
May 28, 2008 | MS | SB 2013 | Hospital Tax for Medicaid Funding | Bill Passed - Senate (41 - 7) |
Feb. 27, 2008 | MS | SB 2998 | Immunity for Physicians Treating Medicaid Recipients | Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 18) |
March 8, 2007 | MS | SB 2391 | Abortion Law Reform | Concurrence Vote Passed - Senate (49 - 2) |
Feb. 7, 2007 | MS | SB 2391 | Parental Consent Waiver for Abortions | Bill Passed - Senate (51 - 0) |
March 8, 2006 | MS | HB 1089 | Wildlife Feeding Regulation | Bill Passed - Senate (32 - 12) |
March 3, 2006 | MS | SB 3084 | Food and Tobacco Taxes | Conference Report Adopted - Senate (29 - 19) |
Feb. 21, 2006 | MS | SB 3084 | Food and Tobacco Taxes | Bill Passed - Senate (30 - 17) |
Feb. 7, 2006 | MS | SB 2511 | Parole Eligibility for First-Time Nonviolent Offenders Under Twenty-Five | Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 18) |