Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Passed the House3
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not paid legal holiday.
State assessment; provide for violation of not obeying signal indicating approaching train.
In committee28
All-terrain vehicles; require owners to obtain a certificate of number.
Abandoned county road; revise how many findings must be made to declare.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.
Social workers; revise licensure as prerequisite to performance of services.
MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels.
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
State employees with certain licenses; require to be paid same as other state employees with license if certain skills used.
Motorcycles; create Safety and Operator Training Program.
Gasoline; require all sold in the state for certain purposes to contain 10%, by volume, denatured ethanol by 2014.
Crimes; create offense regarding throwing objects from an overpass and striking a motor vehicle.
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create.
Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and abuse of a child; revise penalties for.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
Compulsory School Attendance Law; delete provision allowing parent to disenroll child from kindergarten.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi history course for public school students in Grade 9.
Statewide System of Care; reduce reliance on institutions and expend home- and community-based services.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low income individuals for home repair.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Guardians ad litem who are laymen; clarify that certain county courts may appoint.
Gaming; courses related to service industry may be taught at certain state universities and colleges.
ATV Alcohol Safety Act; create.
State Parks; Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks may lease land in, and contract for services to operate Holmes County State Park.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as advisory board on industry standards.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Chronic Kidney Disease Task Force; extend the date of repeal on.
Sex-related education; require local school boards to adopt a policy on and implement.
Tourism; revise definition of tourism project for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
U.S. Highway 49W; designate certain segment of in Humphreys County as "Rev. George W. Lee Memorial Highway."
Early college high schools; direct certain state education leaders to study and recommend establishment of pilot program for.
Historic property tax credit; allow refund of excess amount of credit.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for construction of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.
Vetoed · 2
Uniform laws; enact Uniform Interstate Deposition and Discovery Act.
School influenza vaccination program; Health Dept apply for federal grants.
Passed the House · 12
Scholarship; create program for law students who agree to work as attorney for Mississippi Legal Services.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
State Longitudinal Data System; develop to establish a multiagency database.
Legal holiday; provide that Columbus Day shall be.
Personal care homes; require licensure and regulation if they provide living arrangements for one or more persons.
U.S. Highway 78; designate certain segment of in Benton and Marshall Counties as "William 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway".
Protest at funerals; revise penalties.
Juvenile Detention Reform Act of 2011; create.
Mental Health Reform Act; enact.
Electronic Prescription Adoption Act; enact.
Bonds; authorize for various projects and economic development programs.
Economically Distressed Municipalities Development Act; create.
Out of committee · 3
Child endangerment; clarify offense when perpetrator is manufacturing, selling or possessing controlled substances.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Nursing homes; require to purchase and maintain a minimum amount of liability insurance.
In committee · 13
Uniform laws; enact Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.
Check cashers; reduce maximum rate of interest that may be charged for cashing checks.
Nursing education; unspent TANF funds shall be spent to pay expenses of persons enrolled as part of workforce training.
Nursing education; require community colleges to offer online program for LPNs to obtain associate degree in.
Nursing schools and programs; make eligible for funding to increase faculty if increase enrollment proportionately.
Health insurance; require providers to allow children under 30 who are veterans to be covered under parent's policy.
Minority set-aside; revise qualifications of eligibility for obtaining purchasing contracts under.
Appropriation; Recreational Facilities Activity Program Fund administered by the State Department of Education.
Preexisting condition; prohibit abuse-related medical condition from being.
Universities; require to place 33% of bowl game revenue in escrow account to distribute to graduating athletes.
Compulsory school attendance; increase age of and revise various provisions.
Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public school or private and parochial school approved by the SBE.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for certain railroad line improvements.