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SB 2962 — Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.
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Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
9 added · 22 removedPlain-language change summary
In the latest version of Bill SB 2962, specific language about the agency's authority to spend additional available funds for health insurance and other costs has been removed. Instead, the bill now clearly states that the money allocated will be used responsibly, emphasizing accountability for officials involved. This change is important because it clarifies the bill's focus on proper financial practices, potentially reducing the risk of misuse of funds while ensuring that the necessary appropriations for health-related costs are still adequately addressed.
SB2962 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)Senate) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:
Senator(s) Clarke, Hopson, Horhn, DeBar, Dearing, Jackson (15th) Senate Bill 2962 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)Senate) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.
None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service'sService’s Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.
SECTION 8. It is the intention of the Legislature that this agency shall have the authority to expend funds fromherein anyappropriated sourceshall thatbe mayexpended become available to the agency in accordancecompliance with theSection rules27-104-25, andMississippi regulationsCode of the1972, Departmentthat ofno Financestate andagency Administrationshall inincur aobligations manneror consistentindebtedness with the escalation of federal funds for the purpose of funding any increase in healthexcess insurance costs for fiscal year 2019, or for the purpose of fundingtheir additionalappropriation fees,and coststhat or assessments received by the agencyresponsible fromofficers, theeither Departmentpersonally of Information Technology Services or theupon Departmenttheir ofofficial Financebonds, andshall Administration for fiscal year 2019 that may be incurredheld byresponsible thefor agencyactions ascontrary a result of legislation passed during the 2018 Regular Session of the Legislature and approved by the Governor. The agency is authorized to escalate other special funds for the limited purposes provided in this sectionprovision. in an amount not to exceed Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-four Dollars ($950,474.00).
SECTION 9. ItThe ismoney the intention of the Legislature that the funds herein appropriated shall be expendedpaid inby compliancethe withState SectionTreasurer 27-104-25,out Mississippi Code of 1972,any thatmoney noin statethe agencyState shallTreasury incurto obligationsthe orcredit indebtedness in excess of their appropriation and that the responsibleproper officers,fund either personally or uponfunds theiras officialset bonds,forth shallin bethis heldact, responsibleupon forwarrants actionsissued contraryby tothe thisState provision.Fiscal Officer;
SECTION 10. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer;
SECTION 11. 10. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
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Action History
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Approved by Governor
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Enrolled Bill Signed
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Enrolled Bill Signed
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Conference Report Adopted
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Conference Report Adopted
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Conference Report Filed
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Conference Report Filed
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Conferees Named Read,Huddleston (15th),Arnold
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Conferees Named Clarke,Horhn,Wiggins
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Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
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Returned For Concurrence
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Passed As Amended
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Amended
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Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
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Referred To Appropriations
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Transmitted To House
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Motion to Reconsider Tabled
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Motion to Reconsider Entered
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Passed
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Title Suff Do Pass
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Referred To Appropriations
Sponsors
- Clarke · Primary
- Dearing · Cosponsor
- Jackson_(15th) · Cosponsor
- Jr. Dennis DeBar · Cosponsor
- Briggs Hopson · Cosponsor
- Horhn · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 169 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Clarke
Co-sponsors (5)
- Dearing
- Jackson_(15th)
- Dennis DeBar, Jr. Republican
- Briggs Hopson Republican
- Horhn
Not signed on (169)
169 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 169 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 56 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 116 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 1% | 0% | 3% |
How each member voted (121)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bain | — | Yea |
| Baria | — | Yea |
| Beckett | — | Yea |
| Busby | — | Yea |
| Calhoun | — | Yea |
| Corley | — | Yea |
| Criswell | — | Yea |
| Denny | — | Yea |
| Dixon | — | Yea |
| Dortch | — | Yea |
| Gipson | — | Yea |
| Henley | — | Yea |
| Holland | — | Yea |
| Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| McNeal | — | Yea |
| Mettetal | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Miles | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Not Voting |
| Paden | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Perkins | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Yea |
| Shirley | — | Yea |
| Snowden | — | Yea |
| Staples | — | Yea |
| Straughter | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Sykes | — | Yea |
| Touchstone | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Weathersby | — | Yea |
| Williams-Barnes | — | Yea |
| Willis | — | Not Voting |
| Wilson | — | Yea |
| Wooten | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Yeas--Aguirre | — | Yea |
| Baker | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (72nd) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Holloway | — | Yea |
| Huddleston (15th) | — | Yea |
| Hudson | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson (87th) | — | Yea |
| Johnson (94th) | — | Yea |
| Rogers (14th) | — | Yea |
| Rogers (61st) | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Nays--Bomgar | — | Nay |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Yea |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeramey Anderson | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Yea |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Willie Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Fred Shanks | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jason White | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Yea |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Randy P. Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Scott DeLano | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Timmy Ladner | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 113 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 1% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (120)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bain | — | Yea |
| Baria | — | Yea |
| Beckett | — | Yea |
| Busby | — | Yea |
| Calhoun | — | Yea |
| Corley | — | Yea |
| Criswell | — | Yea |
| Denny | — | Yea |
| Dixon | — | Yea |
| Dortch | — | Yea |
| Gipson | — | Yea |
| Henley | — | Yea |
| Holland | — | Not Voting |
| Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Hughes | — | Not Voting |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| McNeal | — | Yea |
| Mettetal | — | Yea |
| Middleton | — | Yea |
| Miles | — | Yea |
| Myers | — | Not Voting |
| Paden | — | Yea |
| Patterson | — | Yea |
| Perkins | — | Yea |
| Reynolds | — | Yea |
| Shirley | — | Yea |
| Snowden | — | Yea |
| Staples | — | Yea |
| Straughter | — | Yea |
| Sullivan | — | Yea |
| Sykes | — | Yea |
| Touchstone | — | Yea |
| Walker | — | Yea |
| Weathersby | — | Yea |
| Williams-Barnes | — | Yea |
| Willis | — | Yea |
| Wilson | — | Yea |
| Wooten | — | Yea |
| Young | — | Yea |
| Yeas--Aguirre | — | Yea |
| Baker | — | Yea |
| Barnett | — | Yea |
| Bell (65th) | — | Yea |
| Bell (21st) | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (72nd) | — | Yea |
| Gibbs (36th) | — | Yea |
| Holloway | — | Yea |
| Huddleston (15th) | — | Yea |
| Hudson | — | Yea |
| Jackson | — | Yea |
| Johnson (87th) | — | Yea |
| Johnson (94th) | — | Yea |
| Rogers (14th) | — | Yea |
| Rogers (61st) | — | Yea |
| Taylor | — | Yea |
| Mr. Speaker | — | Yea |
| Nays--Bomgar | — | Nay |
| Absent or those Anderson | — | Not Voting |
| Bo Brown | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bob Evans | Democrat | Yea |
| Bryant W. Clark | Democrat | Yea |
| Carl Mickens | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Burnett | Democrat | Yea |
| Earle S. Banks | Democrat | Yea |
| John G. Faulkner | Democrat | Yea |
| John W. Hines, Sr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Joseph Thomas | Democrat | Yea |
| Kabir Karriem | Democrat | Yea |
| Omeria Scott | Democrat | Yea |
| Oscar Denton | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Stephanie Foster | Democrat | Yea |
| Willie Bailey | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Cockerham | Independent | Yea |
| Becky Currie | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Kinkade | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Pigott | Republican | Yea |
| Brent Powell | Republican | Yea |
| C. Scott Bounds | Republican | Yea |
| Carolyn Crawford | Republican | Yea |
| Casey Eure | Republican | Yea |
| Dan Eubanks | Republican | Yea |
| Donnie Scoggin | Republican | Yea |
| Greg Haney | Republican | Yea |
| Henry Zuber III | Republican | Yea |
| Jason White | Republican | Yea |
| Jeff Hale | Republican | Yea |
| Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | Yea |
| Jerry R. Turner | Republican | Yea |
| Jody Steverson | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Hood | Republican | Yea |
| John Read | Republican | Yea |
| John Thomas "Trey" Lamar, III | Republican | Yea |
| Karl Oliver | Republican | Yea |
| Kathy L. Chism | Republican | Yea |
| Ken Morgan | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Ford | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Horan | Republican | Yea |
| Larry Byrd | Republican | Yea |
| Lester Carpenter | Republican | Yea |
| Manly Barton | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Tullos | Republican | Not Voting |
| Missy McGee | Republican | Yea |
| Noah Sanford | Republican | Yea |
| Randy P. Boyd | Republican | Yea |
| Randy Rushing | Republican | Yea |
| Richard Bennett | Republican | Yea |
| Rob Roberson | Republican | Yea |
| Sam C. Mims, V | Republican | Yea |
| Scott DeLano | Republican | Yea |
| Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | Yea |
| Stephen A. Horne | Republican | Yea |
| Steve Massengill | Republican | Yea |
| Timmy Ladner | Republican | Yea |
| Troy Smith | Republican | Yea |
| Vince Mangold | Republican | Yea |
| William Tracy Arnold | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 50 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 96% | 0% | 0% | 4% |
How each member voted (52)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Browning | — | Yea |
| Burton | — | Yea |
| Carmichael | — | Yea |
| Caughman | — | Yea |
| Dawkins | — | Yea |
| Doty | — | Yea |
| Gollott | — | Yea |
| Horhn | — | Yea |
| Jolly | — | Yea |
| Jordan | — | Yea |
| Massey | — | Yea |
| McDaniel | — | Yea |
| Moran | — | Yea |
| Polk | — | Yea |
| Tollison | — | Yea |
| Turner-Ford | — | Yea |
| Wilemon | — | Yea |
| Witherspoon | — | Yea |
| Clarke | — | Yea |
| Dearing | — | Yea |
| Jackson G. (15th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson R. (11th) | — | Yea |
| Jackson S. (32nd) | — | Yea |
| Parker | — | Yea |
| Simmons D. T. (12th) | — | Yea |
| Simmons W. (13th) | — | Yea |
| Absent and those Branning | — | Not Voting |
| Hudson | — | Not Voting |
| Yeas--Barnett | — | Yea |
| Blackmon | — | Yea |
| Albert Butler | Democrat | Yea |
| David Blount | Democrat | Yea |
| Hillman Terome Frazier | Democrat | Yea |
| Hob Bryan | Democrat | Yea |
| Percy W. Watson | Democrat | Yea |
| Sollie B. Norwood | Democrat | Yea |
| Angela Burks Hill | Republican | Yea |
| Brice Wiggins | Republican | Yea |
| Briggs Hopson | Republican | Yea |
| Chad McMahan | Republican | Yea |
| Chuck Younger | Republican | Yea |
| Dean Kirby | Republican | Yea |
| Dennis DeBar, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| J. Walter Michel | Republican | Yea |
| Joel R. Carter, Jr. | Republican | Yea |
| Joey Fillingane | Republican | Yea |
| Joseph M. Seymour | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Harkins | Republican | Yea |
| Kevin Blackwell | Republican | Yea |
| Lydia Graves Chassaniol | Republican | Yea |
| Neil S. Whaley | Republican | Yea |
| Rita Potts Parks | Republican | Yea |
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- Who sponsors SB 2962?
- SB 2962 is sponsored by Clarke, Dearing, Jackson_(15th), Dennis DeBar, Jr. (Republican), Briggs Hopson (Republican), and Horhn.
- What is the current status of SB 2962?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 12, 2018. Enacted.
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