Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Jeffery Harness
Sponsored
In committee20
Chancery, circuit and justice court clerks; provide 3% salary increase for.
Employment procedures hearing; require State Board of Education to provide to certain licensed employees is school under district transformation status.
Teacher licensure; establish alternative routes to 5-year license due to critical teacher shortage.
School board members; increase compensation of.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Standardized testing; limit to Grades 3 through 8 as required under ESSA and ACT for high school students.
Justice court; remove requirement of probable cause hearings.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; extend authority of Department of Revenue to approve applications for certain rebates.
Radar; delete population threshold for municipal law enforcement to use on public streets of municipality.
Highways; require four-laning of portions of US Highway 61 in Claiborne County.
Natural gas public utilities; require to provide PSC with periodic budgeting and accounting statements.
Window tint laws; delete population threshold on which municipal law enforcement shall enforce.
Medicaid; prohibit manager care organizations from discriminating against physicians willing to meet terms of participation.
Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol; increase salaries of sworn officers by $10,000.00.
Revocation hearing for probationer; provide probationer shall have the right to counsel for such hearing.
Punitive damages; remove limitations.
Expungement; authorize for nonviolent felony convictions.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Port Gibson with improvements to Grand Gulf Road.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson and Warren Counties with infrastructure improvements.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain motion picture production expenditures.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Income tax; authorize a job tax credit for certain water transportation enterprises.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to enter into lease agreements for water park improvements and to acquire such improved property through rental contracts.
Passed the House · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Scenic Rivers Development Alliance with certain projects.
In committee · 16
School safety; require schools to conduct emergency law enforcement drills to address active shooter incidents and other violent acts.
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Sixteenth section land; authorize leasing of certain land by municipalities/counties for less than minimum percentage if land leased for public purpose.
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Scenic Rivers Development Alliance with acquisition and development of land in Franklin County.
Lottery; clarify liquor stores able to serve as lottery retailers.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Scenic Rivers Development Alliance with certain projects in Amite, Franklin, Walthall and Wilkinson Counties.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
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 Agricultural Programs for renovation and repair of aquaculture 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 for design and planning of construction of new student union complex.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for improving campus safety and security.
Warren County; authorize contributions to local nonprofit economic development organizations & authorize provision of certain matching funds.