Mississippi · Current officeholder
Otis Anthony
Democratic Mississippi House, District 31
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Sponsored legislation
117 bills in the current data (55 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1696 | MS Office of Apprenticeship; create under State Workforce Investment Board. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 8, 2026 |
| HR 153 | Yasmine Ware; commend and congratulate upon being named a 2025 Harry S. Truman Scholar. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2026 |
| HB 1758 | Foster Youth Earned Benefits Protection for Success Act; enact. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| HB 1402 | Memorial highway; designate a segment of U.S. Highway 49 North as Colonel Donnel Berry. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 13, 2026 |
| HB 788 | Affidavit ballot; allow to serve as voter registration in certain situations. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 572 | Local office space for Child Protection Services provided by board of supervisors; require to be adequate and habitable. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1744 | Department of Health and MDOC; require to establish Hepatitis C and HIV Treatment Program for state inmates. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 17 | MS Childcare Teachers Shortage Task Force; create. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1678 | Mississippi Youth and Family Systems Coordination Task Force; establish. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1392 | Fire safety; establish Fire Grant Fund to assist counties and municipalities in improving fire safety. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 1085 | Mississippi National Guard Servicemembers Medical Readiness Act. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 3, 2026 |
| HB 4057 | Appropriation; Sunflower County Economic Development District for demolition of a building. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4056 | Appropriation; City of Indianola for street improvements projects. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4055 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Indianola with street improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4054 | Appropriation; Town of Moorhead for street repairs and infrastructure improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4053 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Moorhead with street repairs and infrastructure improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4052 | Appropriation; B.B. King Museum for expansion and improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4051 | Appropriation; Town of Inverness for improvements to public facilities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4050 | Appropriation; LSR Volunteer Fire Department for upgrades to the facilities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4049 | Appropriation; City of Ruleville for purchasing a street sweeper vehicle. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4048 | Appropriation; City of Ruleville for improvements and upgrades to certain streets in the city. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4047 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Ruleville with improvements and upgrades to certain streets. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 4046 | Appropriation; Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation for improvements to its facilities. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 259 | Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of buildings and facilities at Mississippi Valley State University. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 257 | Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1786 | Appropriation; MS Delta Community College for addition to Allied Health/Nursing Building. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1785 | Appropriation; Bolivar County for the Old Highway 61 Rehabilitation Project. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1784 | Appropriation; Sunflower County Consolidated School District for Leader in Me Program for workforce development. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1783 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Sunflower with street improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1782 | Appropriation; Town of Sunflower for citywide street improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1781 | Appropriation; Sunflower County for purchasing two vehicles for the sheriff's department. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1780 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Indianola with purchasing a fire truck for its fire department. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1779 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Indianola and Sunflower Consolidated School District with certain projects. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1778 | Appropriation; City of Indianola for upgrades and improvements to access road near entrance to airport and industrial park. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1777 | Appropriation; Delta Advantage Center for purchasing a mobile market truck and related equipment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1776 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Delta Advantage Center with purchasing a C-Model Truck Mobile Market and related equipment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1767 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Bolivar County with Old Highway 61 Rehabilitation Project. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1766 | Appropriation; MS Delta Community College for constructing a residence hall facility for training officers of the Law Enforcement Training Academy. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 1765 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Mississippi Delta Community College with addition to Allied Health/Nursing Building. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2026 |
| HB 335 | MS Workforce Dual Enrollment for Career and Technical Education Grant Program; create pilot program for. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| HB 333 | State Workforce Investment Board; require to create, through Office of Workforce Development; certain list of certifications. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 9, 2026 |
| HB 896 | Insurance; require health insurance policies to include coverage for medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 81 | Absentee voting; extend time allowed on Saturdays to 5:00 p.m. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 6 | Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 47 | Robert G. Clark, Jr., Educational Scholarship Program; create. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 435 | Firearm endorsement; require to be placed on driver's license. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 35 | Rx Kids Program; create to provide time-limited assistance to pregnant women during pregnancy and for 12 months after birth. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 27 | Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 250 | Counties; authorize to pay poll workers certain mileage. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 239 | Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 232 | Specialty Doctors to Rural Hospitals Grant Program; establish and provide eligibility. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 208 | Children's services and programs; require all state agencies to provide information relating to such in a list to the Legislature. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1748 | Visitation to state correctional facilities by certain officials; remove advance notice requirement that is provided to commissioner. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1743 | Inmate Welfare Fund; require MDOC to produce an annual consolidated statement for. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1742 | Department of Corrections; require to provide body-worn cameras for its correctional officers. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1741 | Dept. of Corrections; require to provide monthly rodent and pest control services at state correctional facilities. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1740 | MDOC; prohibit charging of inmates seeking certain healthcare services and provide kiosks at facilities for inmate requests for healthcare appointments. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1733 | State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1726 | Child Protection Services; provide power to contract with private child placement agencies to assist with adoptions. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1681 | Maternal and Family Transportation Program; create. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1446 | Robert G. Clark, Jr., Voting Rights Act of Mississippi; create. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1237 | Mississippi Guaranteeing Fair Banking Act; create. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1161 | Mobile barbershops; authorize licensed barbers to operate. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1111 | Mississippi Youth and Family Systems Coordination Task Force; create. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1098 | Ross Barnett Reservoir; rename as the "B.B. King Reservoir". | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1064 | Noncustodial Parents' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1003 | Crimes of exposing another to contagious diseases and endangerment by bodily substance; revise elements and penalties. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 3, 2026 |
| HB 1979 | Suffrage; restore to Kunta Gates of Humphreys County. | Primary sponsor | In committee | April 3, 2025 |
| HB 1978 | Suffrage; restore to Tony Qualls of Humphreys County. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 3, 2025 |
| HR 117 | Eric Landreal "Abdul Jaleel" Dixon; mourn the loss and commemorate life and legacy upon his passing. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| HR 124 | Dr. Miskia Davis; commend upon her retirement as the Superintendent of the Sunflower County Consolidated School District. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 1, 2025 |
| HB 1555 | MS Curriculum Alignment Task Force; create. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | March 31, 2025 |
| HR 106 | Major General John Trent Kelly; commend for distinguished military service and congratulate on retirement. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 28, 2025 |
| HB 1801 | Sunflower County; increase contributions made to the Sunflower County Ministerial Alliance Counseling Service, Inc. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 28, 2025 |
| HB 1658 | City of Indianola; revise repeal date on tourism commission and hotel, motel and restaurant tax. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | March 28, 2025 |
| HR 96 | Janet Davis; commend on success as an All-American track and field star at Gentry High School and Florida State University. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HR 95 | Sarita Cooper-White; commend and congratulate upon selection as an inductee into the DSU Class of 2025 Sports Hall of Fame. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 565 | Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; require law enforcement agencies to report terminated officers to. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 1414 | Workforce Enhancement Training Fund; revise administration of and make technical changes to. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 658 | DOC; require to provide inmates with protective equipment when using raw cleaning chemicals. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 1424 | Local office space for Child Protection Services provided by board of supervisors; require to be adequate and habitable. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 1387 | Kinship payments for foster children; revise who may be paid. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 12, 2025 |
| HB 888 | Mississippi Burn Care Fund; revise use of monies in, increase license tag fees to be deposited into. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 74 | Speed limits; increase on state highways and interstate highways by five miles per hour. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 570 | Mental Health First Aid training; require for full-time EMTs, paramedics, emergency medical responders and firefighters of governmental bodies. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1556 | Mississippi Career and Technical Education Employability (MissCATEE) Program; establish to provide tuition-free community college. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1551 | Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; create within Department of Health. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1513 | Board of Trustees of the MS Adoption Licensure Authority; authorize and regulate adoption procedures. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1498 | MS Comprehensive Cancer Care Coalition Task force; create. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1492 | Noncustodial Parents' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; create. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1412 | MS Workforce Dual Enrollment for Career and Technical Education Grant Program; create pilot program for. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 116 | Alzheimer's disease and dementia; require State Department of Health to include education into existing public health programs. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1100 | MS Childcare Teachers Shortage Study Committee; create. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 4, 2025 |
| HB 1656 | Strengthening Troop Retention for our National Guard (STRONG) Act; create. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 28, 2025 |
| HR 60 | Mississippi-Israel Joint Legislative Caucus; acknowledge and celebrate the creation of. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 27, 2025 |
| HB 636 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Mississippi Delta Community College with addition to Allied Health/Nursing Building. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 635 | Appropriation; Town of Sunflower for citywide street improvements. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 634 | Appropriation; Sunflower County for purchasing two vehicles for the sheriff's department. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 633 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Sunflower with street improvement. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 632 | Appropriation; MS Delta Community College for addition to Allied Health/Nursing Building. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 631 | Appropriation; MS Delta Community College for constructing a residence hall facility for training officers of the Law Enforcement Training Academy. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1930 | Appropriation; Delta Advantage Center for purchasing a mobile market truck and related equipment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1929 | Appropriation; City of Indianola for upgrades and improvements to access road near entrance to airport and industrial park. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1928 | Appropriation; Bolivar County for the Old Highway 61 Rehabilitation Project. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1927 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Bolivar County with Old Highway 61 Rehabilitation Project. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1926 | Appropriation; City of Indianola for purchasing an equipped custom fire truck for the city's fire department. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1913 | Appropriation; Sunflower County Consolidated School District for Leader in Me Program for workforce development. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1912 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Delta Advantage Center with purchasing a C-Model Truck Mobile Market and related equipment. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1893 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Indianola with purchasing a fire truck for its fire department. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1892 | Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Indianola and Sunflower County Consolidated School District with certain projects. | Primary sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 1687 | Tax credits; authorize for business taxpayer contributions to certain charitable organizations. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 26, 2025 |
| HB 676 | Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics; Dept. of Mental Health and Medicaid apply to join Demonstration Program for certification of CMHCs as. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 13, 2025 |
| HR 1 | MS blues legend "B.B." King and Civil Rights pioneer Medgar Evers; honor the memories of upon would be 100th birthdays. | Primary sponsor | Passed one chamber | February 12, 2025 |
| HB 566 | "Mental Awareness Program for School Act"; enact to require schools to provide mental health service providers and certain trauma-in-formal training. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 1225 | Paramedics Recruitment and Retention Scholarship Program; revise provisions related to. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 1219 | "McElroy-Brown Hygiene and Menstrual Care Access Act; enact to establish program to provide students access to free hygiene and menstrual care products. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |
| HB 1082 | Yazoo-Mississippi Delta Levee Board; revise per diem paid to board members. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 4, 2025 |