Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Became law1
Minors; clarify appointment of guardian ad litem, enact protections for child witnesses.
Passed the House1
All-terrain vehicles; clarify inclusion in chop shop act to prohibit altering of VIN.
Out of committee1
All-terrain vehicles; require retailers to maintain certain records of.
In committee36
Disabilities, person with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
Radiological health entities; authorize State Board of Health to set applicable fees for.
Health care facility licensure and inspection fees; authorize State Board of Health to set.
Adequate Education Program; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not paid legal holiday.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Holmes County State Park; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may lease land in and contract for services to operate.
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
MS Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by Department of Corrections; increase to $41.00 per day.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Smoke-free Air Act of 2015; enact.
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as advisory board on industry standards.
Gaming; clarify that courses related to the service industry may be taught only in counties where gaming is legal.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi history course for public school students in Grade 9.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.
MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
Counties; authorize to pay poll workers mileage.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal and create public safety fee.
Department of Human Services; clarify amount paid to child support unit attorneys.
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court.
Guardian ad litem; clarify duties and provide that the guardian acts as an arm of the court.
Employee wages; require to be paid equally for women and men.
Witness protection program; create.
Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and abuse of a child; revise penalties for.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
State cause of action for sexual harassment; create.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create and authorize of bonds to provide funds for.
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low income individuals for home repair.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal, provide for inspection of tinted windshields.
Industrial Development Authority of Marshall County; authorize to create Spring Economic Development Area.
Passed the House · 1
Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition and Improvement Grant Program; establish.
Out of committee · 1
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
In committee · 10
Contractors; provide method to receive payment when services have been terminated.
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn to $1,000,000.00.
Automobiles; provide relief to purchaser from payments after repossession of.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agriculture Programs for establishing a meat processing facility.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for making modifications to buildings to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs to restore funding to FY 2001 level of funding.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for renovating the Whitney Health and P.E. Complex or constructing a new academic convocation center.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for construction of Rudolph E. Waters Academic Technology Classroom Building.
Appropriations; IHL for Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs for renovation and repair of aquaculture facility.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.