Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Juvenile delinquency; revise disposition alternatives.
Juvenile Detention and Alternatives Task Force; extend repealer on.
Out of committee4
Youth court; authorize electronic monitoring as disposition alternative in delinquency cases.
Mississippi Juvenile Detention Reform Act of 2014; create.
Youth court; prohibit admissions made during screenings or assessments from being utilized in determining whether youth committed delinquent act.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish under Attorney General's Office instead of DPS.
In committee31
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the United States government course.
HIV/AID testing; require for offenders in state custody upon release.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Youth and Community Safety Act; create.
Compulsory-school-age child; increase to age 18 years.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public school or private school approved by the SBE.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Mississippi Youthbuild Act; create.
Public school students; authorize community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Rural broadband initiative; create.
Self-employment assistance program; create.
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
Appropriation; Health Department for support of Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.
School administrators; require to report acts of violence resulting in injury to local law enforcement authorities.
"Sandusky Rule"; create.
Appropriation; Mississippi Delta Strategic Compact.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Homeowner's Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program; establish.
School resource officers; clarify ability to make arrests on school property.
Purchase of automatic weapon; place certain restrictions on.
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers.
Mississippi Affordable Housing Opportunity Fund; establish and authorize Mississippi Home Corporation to administer.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund state road improvements.
Youth detention officers; require additional training for.
Assault; revise list of victims that trigger the enhanced penalty.
Child care licensing law; exempt certain summer day camps from licensure under.
Appropriation; MS Arts Commission to provide funding for Greenville Arts Council.
Washington County; extend repealer on Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
Special judges; revise compensation cap.
Court Collections Fund; create.
Administrative Office of the Courts; require to recommend uniform format for keeping youth court records.
Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom to Share Act; create.
State agency budgeting; require certain agencies to work with LBO and PEER to inventory programs and activities.
Gun permits; provide at no cost to disabled veterans.
Bonds; authorize .
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Municipalities; authorize to clean "abandoned" buildings and remove cost limitation for removal of hazardous waste.
Emergency management; designate area in Haley Barbour Building as the "MCDEMA Memorial Wall".
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouse of such veterans.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Town of Como; authorize to impose tax on hotels, motels and restaurants.
Passed the House · 25
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Appropriation; IHL for funding Mississippi Dyslexia Education Scholarship Program.
Employee Appeals Board; require hearing officers to be residents of Supreme Court Districts from which they are appointed.
Capital Expense Fund; increase maximum amounts for use for any single emergency, and for all emergencies.
Gaming; revise salary of chair of athletic commission so that salary of secretary may not exceed that of chair.
Mississippi Asthma and Anaphylaxis Child Safety Act; enact.
Qualified equity investment credits; increase amount that may be allocated by MDA in a fiscal year, increase time for issuance.
State agencies; revise FY14 appropriation bills for several.
Sirens; clarify which vehicles may be equipped with.
Vision insurance; prohibit provider contracts from establishing or limiting fees for noncovered services.
Forgivable loan programs; clarify repayment terms and expand governing board.
Emergency management; define certain terms and authorize MEMA to expend funds for public preparedness and mitigation.
State Auditor; authorize to audit RESTORE Act funds and charge actual cost of agency audits.
Appropriations limit; Legislature may appropriate up to 100% of estimate if corresponding amount is transferred to General Fund.
Mississippi Agricultural Promotions Program Act; revise to reflect the development and use of multiple logos and programs to promote.
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Emergency Management; MEMA may provide travel advances to personnel of emergency management support forces.
Sales tax; phase out on retail sales of certain truck-tractors/semitrailers.
City of Indianola; extend repealer on Indianola Tourism Commission.
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide funds for the Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund.
Ad valorem tax; exempt one motor vehicle owned by law enforcement officer wounded/injured in performance of duties.
Motor fuels tax, Certain; provide continued collection of when Groundwater Protection Trust Fund reaches $10 Million for highways & bridges.
Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund.
Appropriation; IHL for additions to facilities of College of Science, Engineering & Technology at JSU.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide for improvements at state parks.
Out of committee · 1
Unemployment compensation; create the State Workforce Investment Fund and provide for contributions to the fund.
In committee · 10
School guidance counselors; establish pilot program in certain school districts with high incidences of teen pregnancy or school violence.
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Medicaid; expand eligibility under federal health care reform law.
Funeral directing; issue license for to persons who meet certain criteria and apply within 30 days.
Employee wages; require to be paid equally for women and men.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Appropriations, additional; Administrative Office of Courts to restore full funding of drug courts.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/leasing & installing solar electric energy system.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.