The mssupervisor’s Podcast

2025 Regular Legislative Session (Week 3)

This week's  update highlights the following:

 

* Indigent Counsel Compensation

* Mental Health First Aid Training

* Public Notice Measure Introduced

* Purchasing Measure Introduced

* Measure Introduced Providing Use Tax to the State Highway Fund

2025 Regular Legislative Session (Week 2)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* Introduction and passage of House Bill 1 "The Build Up Mississippi Act" (key components for counties)

* Weight limit measure introduced in House chamber

2025 Regular Legislative Session (Week 1)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* The official gaveling in of the 2025 Regular Legislative Session

* December revenue collections reported by the state Legislative Budget Office

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 17)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* Governor approves Senate Bill 2492 (Use Tax Expenditure Measure)

* College Foundation Ad Valorem Exemption Measure (Due From Governor)

* Senate suspends rules for the introduction of Senate Concurrent Resolution addressing PERS and Education Funding

* House and Senate adopts conference report for repealer extension of inmate medical cost measure

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 16)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* MAS legislative items headed to the Governor

 

* MAS legislative items that are in conference (NOTE: Conferees named) 

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 15)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* MAS measures that are in conference

 

* Important appropriation and revenue measures 

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 14)

This weeks episode highlights the following:

 

* College foundation ad valorem exemption measure

* Purchasing measure survives deadline

* County special meetings measure

* Potential rural fire truck funding

* Homestead exemption reimbursement measure moves forward

* Rally for Infrastructure at MDOT

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 13)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* Omnibus bond measure introduced

* ARPA Rural Water Association Infrastructure Grant Program

* Hospital Sustainability Grant Program

* URGENT!! Both purchasing measures are in danger of failing

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 12)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* MAS's current position regarding public policy addressing the Public Employee Retirement System (PERS)

* Legislative measures assigned to opposite chamber committees 

2024 Regular Legislative Session (Week 11)

This week's episode highlights the following:

 

* Measures that died on the calendar

* Senate passes purchasing legislation

* Senate passes limited college foundation ad valorem exemption measure

* Homestead exemption reimbursement measure introduced

* Measure addressing the Public Employees Retirement System Passes House Chamber

* Current status of both mental health measures