Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
William Tracy Arnold
Sponsored
Became law1
Commercial driver's license; require DPS to provide electronic transmission of medical card required for.
Out of committee1
Employees of Department of Corrections; double penalities upon conviction of providing contraband items to offenders.
In committee16
State Board of Education; require to relax regulations on public schools in the same manner as relaxed for public charter schools.
Property Ownership Protection Act of 2014; create.
Firearms; authorize to be carried at highway welcome centers and rest areas.
State Prison Reform and Rehabilitation Act of 2014; create.
Fingerprinting; revise laws regarding process.
Law enforcement officers; provide identification card and designation on driver's license.
Law enforcement agencies; revise laws regarding interlocal agreements between.
Retired public employees; authorize DPS to issue license or personal identification card indicating retired status.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ certain veterans.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain felony offenses.
MDOT law enforcement officers; authorize to enforce implied consent law.
Crimes; provide death penalty for certain child molestation.
Consumer Insurance Transparency Act of 2014; enact.
Drug testing; recipients of public assistance shall be subject to.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Weapons; clarify state preemption of local ordinances.
Wild hogs; prohibit the transport of live.
Executive Committee; prohibit certain persons from serving on municipal, county and state.
Public records; limit cost to respond to records request and provide civil penalty.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Justice court judges; revise population requirements for.
Rights of individual's with a terminal condition; require payment of health insurance and Medicaid benefits.
State Auditor; authorize to conduct audits of state-funded economic development projects.
Abortion; prohibit performing at or after 20 weeks.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Passed the House · 9
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Mississippi Promise Community College Tuition Gap Pilot Program; create.
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Uniform hospital claims form; Insurance Commissioner develop to use for all hospital services reimbursement claims.
Highway; designate U.S. Highway 61 as "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail."
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition of and remove exemption of certain contracts from board review.
Unmarked vehicles; authorize use by DFA & Commissioner of Insurance when identifying marks will hinder official investigations.
Law enforcement officers; sidearm issued to officer killed in line of duty may be purchased by family.
Gale Stauffer, Jr. and Joseph Maher Law Enforcement Act of 2014; create.
Out of committee · 2
Corrections; decrease maximum term of agricultural leases and provide certain advertisement for such leases.
Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 2014; enact.
In committee · 16
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
School Start Date Act; repeal to allow local school boards to determine the start of a new academic year as prescribed in Section 37-13-61.
Mississippi judicial system; prohibit from using international or Sharia law.
Adoption; revise home study and residency requirements.
Dyslexia education; require instruction in for licensure as educator or administrator.
"The Municipal Election Reform Act of 2014"; create.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Weapons; prohibit public housing authorities from restricting lawful possession by residents.
Agricultural lease of prison lands; transfer management of from DFA to Secretary of State and reduce lease period.
Pregnancy; provide crime of child abuse for women using illegal drugs during.
Public records; access not diminished because stored in certain manner.
Guns; prohibit confiscation during natural disasters.
Parental rights; establish fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education and care of their children.
Adequate education program funds; require certain percent to be allocated to direct classroom instruction.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
Sales tax; exempt admission to and parking at certain livestock and agricultural facilities.