Bills in the 2019 Regular Session, House.
Otis Anthony
Sponsored
In committee2
MS Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act; extend repealer in 2004 chapter law.
Chancery court clerks; revise fees charged by.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
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.
Tax exemptions; revise requirements that a business enterprise in the aerospace industry must meet to be eligible for.
Passed the House · 7
Capitol Complex Improvement District; increase amount of short-term debt that DFA may incur to implement and administer projects.
Artificial meat; prohibit meat produced or cultured from animal tissue and plant-or insect-based food products from being labeled as meat.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; extend authority of Department of Revenue to approve applications for certain rebates under.
"Critical Needs Teacher Forgivable loan Program"; delete automatic repealer on and other applicable provisions.
Daylight saving time; observe year-round if the federal law is amended to allow it.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of the Center for STEM Education and Advancement.
Bonds; authorize issuance improvements to certain state-owned emergency alert transmission towers.
In committee · 30
State song; designate as "Mississippi Beautiful."
Mississippi Initiative on HBCUs; create to strengthen capacity of HBCUs to provide highest quality of education.
State holidays; remove Robert E. Lee's birthday and Confederate Memorial Day as legal holidays.
Military education credits and certifications; require IHL, MCCB and SWIB to develop policy for acceptance of toward academic degrees and licensure requirements.
Song; designate "Mississippi Beautiful" as a song for Mississippi, which may be sung by all Mississippians.
CON; provide for exception to home health agency moratorium for certain hospice licensees.
Minimum wage; establish at $10.10 per hour.
Right to vote; restore automatically to certain persons who have completed all sentencing requirements.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
Appropriations; Employment Security for funding Summer Youth Employment Programs.
School prayer; require school boards to designate a period of reflection for students at the beginning of each school day.
Chancery court clerks; revise fees charged by.
Automatic voter registration; authorize for those who apply for the issuance, renewal or change of address of motor vehicle driver's license.
Unclaimed dead bodies; coroner shall cause to be entrusted to funeral homes in county on a rotation basis.
Domestic violence; prohibit those convicted of from carrying weapons.
State flag; revise design of.
Funeral directing; issue license for to persons who meet certain criteria and apply within 30 days.
Corporal punishment; prohibit the use of in public schools to discipline a student with a disability.
Universities and community/junior colleges; waive tuition for children, spouses, widows and widowers of certain deceased and disabled veterans.
Data reporting; require SDE to develop central reporting system to be used by school districts to report certain information to the U.S. Dept. of Ed. Office for Civil Rights.
State agency and governing authority contracts; require 30% of to be set-aside for certain businesses.
Evelyn Gandy Fair Pay Act; create to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.
Compulsory school age; revise definition to include children who attain the age of five years before September 1.
Standardized testing; limit to Grades 3 through 8 as required under ESSA and ACT for high school students.
Medicaid; seek waiver for plan to expand eligibility with regional care organizations, known as "One Mississippi".
Women's Economic Security Act of 2019; create.
Department of Corrections; revise notification period given to local law enforcement when offender is to be released.
Parole board; revise notification time frame given to victim when the offender is to be released by the board.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Greenville with extension of Colorado Street.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Jackson Public School District's Career Development Center.