Bills in the 2020 Regular Session, House.
Jeffery Harness
Sponsored
Out of committee1
Radar; revise population threshold for municipal law enforcement to use on public streets of municipality.
In committee24
Habitual offenders; exclude nonviolent from penalties.
Employment procedures hearing; require State Board of Education to provide to certain licensed employees in district transformation.
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.
Medicaid; prohibit managed care organizations from discriminating against physicians willing to meet terms of participation.
Voting rights; restore upon satisfaction of all the sentencing requirements of a conviction.
Radar; delete population threshold for municipal law enforcement to use on public streets of municipality.
Liability insurance policies; must include provision that insolvency or bankruptcy of insured does not release insurer from payment of damages during policy.
Collegiate athletics; authorize student athletes to receive compensation and have legal representation.
Mobile sports wagering; authorize.
Medicaid; provide continued eligibility for former foster care children until age 26.
Landowners Protection Act; repeal.
Keys to Independence Program; establish.
Punitive damages; remove limitations.
Tuition waiver; provide for certain foster and adopted children and wards of the state to attend college.
Garnishment; require a hearing before writ is executed.
Teacher licensure; establish alternative routes to five-year license due to critical teacher shortage.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Port Gibson with road improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Fayette with improvements to Spring Street.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Fayette with improvements to Main Street.
Appropriations; IHL for Alcorn State University for certain agriculture research and extension capital projects.
Appropriations; IHL for Alcorn State University for support of certain agriculture research and extension programs.
Appropriations; IHL for Alcorn State University for certain purposes.
Appropriations; IHL for Alcorn State University for certain capital projects.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
School bus drivers; increase maximum speed limit on interstate highways.
State Flag; revise with a commission and require words "In God We Trust."
In committee · 35
Starkville High School AP Government Class of 2019 Motor Voter Act; create to establish the procedure for the automatic registration of voters.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Scenic Rivers Development Alliance with projects in Amite, Franklin, Pike, Walthall and Wilkinson Counties.
Firearms; prohibit discharge near petroleum.
Family dynamics; include in public school curriculum as a required component.
Appropriation; Archives and History for Scott Ford House to develop two historic properties in Jackson.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.
Early voting; authorize for qualified electors otherwise unable to vote on election day.
"Keeping Our Municipalities Clean Pretrial Intervention Act"; create.
School bus drivers; require to be first aid and CPR trained and certified.
Federal judges; authorize to solemnize marriage.
Child Care Advisory Council; require child care providers to recommend names of persons to serve on.
Department of Health; limit any increase in fees by to not more than five percent.
Department of Human Services; require a board of directors to be created within.
Unemployment compensation; revise weekly benefit amount for.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.
Statute of Limitations; remove for crimes against children.
Concealed firearm license; clarify prohibition for mentally incompetent.
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits suspended until full restitution has been made.
Retirement; elected officials convicted of certain felonies shall have benefits withheld until full restitution has been paid.
Income tax and sales tax liability; revise method of collecting from public officers or employees.
State flag; change the design of.
Mississippi Millennial's Commission; create.
Partisan primary elections; abolish and establish open primary elections.
City of Vicksburg; authorize the use of electric scooters on certain city streets within.
City of Vicksburg; revise contribution amount made to Read by Third Grade, a Tutorial Program for At-Risk Students.
City of Vicksburg; authorize contributions to the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program.
Bonds; authorize issuance for various improvements at Alcorn State University.
City of Vicksburg; authorize the use of motor-assisted scooters on certain streets within the city.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for renovation and repair of aquaculture facility at Lorman.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for support of environmental science research and extension programs.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for support of horticulture research and extension programs.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for strengthening STEM programs.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for support of animal science research and extension programs.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for expanding research and production of shiitake mushrooms.
City of Vicksburg; authorize additional local sales tax for infrastructure and multi-modal transportation infrastructure improvements.