Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
William Tracy Arnold
Sponsored
Out of committee1
City of Booneville; authorize imposition of a tax on hotels, motels and restaurants to promote tourism and recreation.
In committee14
Sales tax; provide additional diversion to certain municipalities, use revenue for street/road improvements.
Public school employees; expand requirements and flexibility in sharing results of criminal background checks for employment.
Parole and correction officers; clarify certain immunity for those employed by Department of Corrections.
Police officers; increase penalties for crimes against.
Crimes against police officers; increase penalties and include as a hate crime.
MS Blue Lives Matter Act; classify crimes against police officers as hate crimes.
Child support arrearage; require electronic house arrest for certain person found in contempt for.
Traffic signs; require MDOT to replace those in disrepair that lead to the Jacinto Courthouse in Alcorn County.
Elected officials; require annual report to be filed with Secretary of State on certain gifts received by.
Lobbyists; prohibit immediate family members of public officials from being.
Appropriation; City of Booneville for restoring the Booneville Depot.
Appropriations; New Site Water Association for repair of water tank.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist with improvements to the Booneville Depot.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that employ persons convicted of certain nonviolent crimes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 34
2017 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Nursing Licensure Compact; create.
Back the Badge Act of 2017; create.
Coahoma County; authorize extension of the lease of healthcare-related facilities on county property.
Lee county; authorize to construct or acquire a county jail anywhere in the county.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation;Child Protective Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Passed the House · 6
Recognition of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; create.
Pro se legal forms; provide that court-approved forms may be provided by public librarians and law librarians.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Additional for the Department of Public Safety for Fiscal Year 2017.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Dyslexia Forgivable Loan Program; increase number of students allowed in each cohort to 40.
In committee · 9
Common Core State Standards; provide for the repeal of.
Highway Patrol training class; require increase in sex offender registration to fund.
Welfare Policy Institute within the IHL board; repeal.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.
Sanctuary policy; prohibit adoption or enactment of a.
Law Enforcement Death Benefits Trust Fund; authorize transfers from rainy day fund when trust funds are insufficient.
PERS; allow members to purchase additional credit for service as law enforcement officer, firefighter or EMS personnel.
Mississippi Department of Transportation; provide that Legislature shall not appropriate state funds for new construction projects for a period of 10 years.
Ad valorem tax; revise provisions regarding projects eligible fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.