Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Bryant W. Clark
Sponsored
Became law1
City of Lexington; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism, parks and recreation.
Passed the House1
"Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act"; create.
In committee54
Disabilities, persons with; modernize terminology used to refer to.
Regional correctional facilities; increase daily amount paid to certain facilities for housing state offenders.
Mississippi Smoke-free Air Act of 2019; create.
MS Dept. of Human Services; authorize to use additional methods of communication to send notices relating to child support to financial institutions.
Life jackets; increase minimum age of person required to wear on certain vessels.
Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as an advisory board on industry standards.
Student residency requirements; require State Board of Education to adopt uniform policy to be implemented by school boards.
Juneteenth Freedom Day; designate as day of commemoration, not paid legal holiday.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend a state-supported IHL.
Housing Loan Assistance Pilot Program; create and authorize bonds to provide funds for.
All-terrain vehicles; require retailers to maintain certain records of.
CON; remove end-stage renal disease facilities from application of law.
Counties; authorize to pay poll workers certain mileage.
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Appropriation; Mental Health for additional funding for crisis centers and outpatient services.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
PERS; allow retirees to teach in critical needs areas and work full time and receive full salary for three years.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Tchula with road improvements.
Appropriation; Holmes County Consolidated School District for expenses of consolidation.
Minimum wage; establish at $8.25 and set requirements for exemptions and overtime.
School curriculum; require comprehensive Mississippi History course for public school students in Grade 9.
Housing Repair Grant Fund; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for grants to low income individuals for home repair.
All-terrain vehicles; require owners to obtain a certificate of number.
Identity theft; establish procedure for victim to have debt forgiven and credit reports purged.
Criminal investigators; add two to the 21st Circuit Court District.
Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.
Mississippi Special Needs Housing Steering Council; create.
Income tax; exclude overtime compensation from gross income.
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.
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.
MAEP; increase adjustment to base student cost for at-risk students.
School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Trimester School Year Pilot Program; establish.
MAEP; define "at-risk pupil" and include a child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
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.
Expungement; revise list of felonies that may be authorized for.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Holmes County with improvements to county roads and buildings.
Commission to redesign the MS State Flag; establish to develop 2 options for a new flag to present to the Legislature.
"Mississippi Universal Prekindergarten Program Act of 2019"; enact.
Sexual harassment; create a state cause of action.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for certain obesity treatments.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by Department of Corrections; increase to $41.00 per day.
Joint state-county work program; require DOC to utilize under certain circumstances.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Yazoo County with renovation of county courthouse.
Mississippi Tobacco Minimum Legal Sale Age of 21 Act; create.
Child support; revise certain provisions regarding withholding and payment of.
Department of Human Services; child support attorneys shall be paid percentage of attorney's fees collected.
Appropriation; MDOC to pay regional facilities $29.74 per day for each state inmate.
Employee wages; require to be paid equally for women and men.
Medicaid; revise reimbursement rate for DME and exempt DME from 5% reduction.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Passed the House · 2
"Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable loan Program"; delete automatic repealer on and other applicable provisions.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Center for STEM Education and Advancement.
In committee · 18
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Appropriation; IHL Board for additional funds for JSU, ASU and MVSU.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic degrees and licensure requirements.
Driver's license; expand eligibility for "Vet" designation to any person honorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces, including reserves.
Right to vote; restore to people who committed nonviolent disqualifying crimes upon meeting certain requirements.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Spouses and children of first responders killed in the line of duty; provide scholarship for attendance at post secondary institution.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all sentencing requirements of a conviction including parole but not probation.
Absentee ballots; revise those who are authorized to vote by.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions.
Bonds; create small municipalities security cameras and equipment grant program and authorize bonds to provide funds.
Legislature; allow retired PERS members to receive a retirement allowance while serving as a member of.
Appropriation; DFA to pay salaries of federally funded state agency employees affected by federal government shutdown.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Arts Klassical, Inc., with purchase or lease of building in Jackson.