Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Greg Haney
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS.
In committee5
Harrison County Youth Court; authorize pilot program with public schools of county regarding release of certain records without order.
School buses; clarify that vehicle need not stop when overtaking on divided highway.
Health care services; require disclosure of an arrangement that results in payor paying a provider a reduced rate for.
Grandparent visitation; revise requirements to file petition.
Motor Vehicle Warranty Enforcement Act; revise mileage accrual for consumer's reasonable use.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Texting and social networking; prohibit while driving.
Property Insurance Clarity Act; create.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
U.S. Highway 61; designate as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail".
Income tax; authorize establishment of Catastrophe savings accounts and exempt contributions and distributions from tax.
Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Passed the House · 5
Assistant teachers; increase base salary by $1,000.00.
End-of-course subject area tests; prohibit mandatory passing scores as requirement for graduation.
Mississippi Entertainment Investment Act; create.
Person convicted of violent crime seeking pardon; require notification of Parole Board, district attorney and sheriff for hearing.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for an aquarium located in the City of Gulfport.
Out of committee · 3
Prison lands leased for agricultural purposes; revise fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Venison Harvesting Program for Inmate Consumption; create.
Amount paid to regional correctional facilities by the Dept. of Corrections to house offenders; increase.
In committee · 5
CON; organize various provisions of CON law into separate code sections.
Uninsured motorist; provide certain may not recover noneconomic loss in accident with insured driver.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Medicaid; revise certain provisions of hospital assessment and the distribution methodology for DSH and UPL payments to hospitals.
Ambulances; authorize to pick up patients at their request regardless of territorial boundaries of ambulance.