Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Became law1
Holmes County; authorize establishment of "The Municipal Historical Hamlet of West Hill."
Passed the House1
City of Goodman; authorize the expansion of certain utility services.
In committee53
Joint state-county work program; require DOC to utilize under certain circumstances.
Department of Human Services; child support attorneys shall be paid percentage of attorney's fees collected.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by Department of Corrections; increase to $41.00 per day.
Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
Mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age of 21 Act; create.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as an advisory board on industry standards.
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.
All-terrain vehicles; require retailers to maintain certain records of.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Counties; authorize to pay poll workers mileage.
Employee wages; require to be paid equally for women and men.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Expungement; revise list of felonies that may be authorized for.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels.
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court District.
Assistant District Attorney; add for 21st district.
Sexual harassment; create a state cause of action.
PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years.
MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
Driver's license; authorize issuance of hardship license to persons who have their licenses suspended as a result of being out of compliance with order for support.
All-terrain vehicles; require owners to obtain a certificate of number.
Holmes County State Park; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may lease land in and contract for services to operate.
All-terrain vehicles; create voluntary certificate of number system, mandatory for public lands, with Mississippi Department of WF&P.
Minimum wage; establish at $8.25 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not paid legal holiday.
Tuition-free attendance; authorize at state IHL and community college for students with a 2.0 GPA.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2017"; enact.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
Mental health courts; establish statewide standards.
Smoke-free Air Act of 2017; create.
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Commission to redesign the MS State Flag; establish to develop 2 options for a new flag to present to the Legislature.
Contributing to the neglect or delinquency of a child and abuse of a child; revise penalties for.
Divorce; add domestic violence as a ground for.
Appropriation; Mental Health for additional funding for crisis centers and outpatient services.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for public school capital improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Jerry Clower Park in Yazoo City.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Holmes County with improvements to county roads and buildings.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Yazoo County with renovation of county courthouse.
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist the Town of Tchula with road improvements.
Housing repair grant program; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low income individuals for home repair.
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create and authorize bonds to provide funds for.
Co-sponsored
Vetoed · 1
Re-entry council; implement certain recommendations thereof.
Passed the House · 1
Driver's education; require courses taught in schools to include program developed by DPS on how to properly respond to law enforcement when stopped.
In committee · 12
Audio recordings; require for standing, interim, special committees and subcommittees of the Mississippi Legislature.
Mississippi Department of Labor; create.
Mississippi State Workforce Investment Board; expand membership of to include a woman and require gender equality in certain workforce development systems.
Mississippi Pay Equity Act; create.
Equal pay certificate; require certain businesses to have before contracting above $100,000.00 with agency or department of the state.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adopting budget.
Charter school payments; prohibit SDE from reducing and redirecting local school district's MAEP funds for purpose of.
Charter school payments; remove local school districts requirement to pay local contribution directly to charter school.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
"Small Town Teacher Tax Credit Act"; create to authorize an income tax credit to certain licensed teachers.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Deduction Act of 2017; create.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Credit Act of 2017; create.