Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Division of Youth Services; authorize to operate "Adolescent Opportunity Program" instead of Adolescent Offender Program.
Washington County; authorize levy of special tax on real and personal property to support operation of fire protection districts.
Passed the House1
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; revise eligibility through Grade 12.
Out of committee1
Division of Youth Services personnel; include in list to trigger enhanced penalty for offenses of simple/aggravated assault.
In committee36
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require taking of course related to offices upon being elected.
Medical records; persons seeking disability benefits may obtain at no charge until final determination of disability.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund state road improvements.
Youth and Community Safety Act; create.
Workers' Compensation Law; revise various provisions of.
Maintenance of state central registry relating to youth court; require Administrative Office of Courts to provide instead of Youth Services.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Person appointed to intake unit by youth court judge; require to be employee of the county or municipality.
"Sandusky Rule"; create.
Domestic abuse court program; establish.
Comprehensive eye examination; require for certain students upon enrollment in public or private school approved by the SBE.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as an alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Compulsory-school-age child; increase to age 18 years.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. government course.
Family Savings Initiative Act; create.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2015; create and divert portion of state gaming revenue to assist in carrying out purposes of.
Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Act; create.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Gaming revenues; distribute portion to the Mississippi Development Fund.
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2015; create.
Technical violations for offender; require sentence to run concurrently for each violation report.
Crime of endangerment; revise for knowing exposure.
MS Task Force on Open Adoptions; create and require the task force to submit a report on its findings.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Licensing Act; create and require interpretation services and certain girls facility.
Youth court jurisdiction; revise age that court has jurisdiction over a child who commits an offense.
Definition of "child" and "youth"; revise under Youth Court Law.
Youth court; prohibit admissions made during screenings or assessments from being utilized in determining whether youth committed delinquent act.
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers.
Appropriation; Archives and History for preplanning new museum of Mississippi's Native American heritage.
Appropriation; MS Arts Commission to provide funding for Greenville Arts Council.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Appropriation; Dept of Public Safety for training employees of the Juvenile Detention Facilities Monitoring Unit.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 17
MS Dyslexia Forgivable Loan Program; revise post education employment requirements for recipients of.
Youth courts; require intake officer, use of MS Youth Court Information Delivery System and expenditure of funds.
State Health Insurance Management Board; prohibit from imposing premium surcharge based on use of tobacco products.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal, provide for inspection of tinted windshields.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 2 in Alcorn County as "Agent Harold Lane Caldwell Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highway 61; designate as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Trail".
Memorial bridge; designate certain in Marshall County as the "Charles Foster Memorial Bridge."
Chief William "Bill" Lott Memorial Highway; designate segment of Highway 49 in Sunflower County as.
Scenic byway; designate certain segment in Union and Lafayette Counties as "William Faulkner Scenic Byway."
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of Mississippi Highway 63 in Greene County as the "Alan Smith and Dennis Rushing Memorial Highway."
Memorial Highway; designate a certain segment of MS Highway 528 in Jasper County as the "Will Roy Dantzler Memorial Highway."
Memorial Highway; designate certain segment of Mississippi Highway 25 in Oktibbeha County as the "Hank" McLeod Memorial Highway."
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of highway as.
Corporal Michael Brandon Presley Memorial Highway; designate a certain segment of Highway 51 in Panola County as.
Court reporters; increase salary for those in circuit, chancery and county courts.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair of deficient bridges on state maintained highways.
Industrial Development Authority of Marshall County; authorize to create Spring Economic Development Area.
Passed the House · 13
Mississippi Rural Hospital Transition and Improvement Grant Program; establish.
Department of Health; provide that department shall license ex-offender group care homes.
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Candidate qualifying deadline; revise when such occurs on Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday.
Elections commissioners; increase per diem.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
Commission on Future of Medicaid and Health Care in Mississippi; create.
Memorial highway; bring forward section designating certain segment of Interstate Highway 59 for purpose of possible amendment.
Memorial bridge; designate certain bridge in Lowndes County, Mississippi, as the "Senator Terry W. Brown Memorial Bridge".
Gun permit for disabled veterans; clarify how exemption from fee applies.
Marshals and constables; revise fees charged for service of process.
Mandatory Risk Assessment Instrument; require AOC to develop and use in all youth courts.
Department of Human Services; extend repealers on establishment of.
Out of committee · 4
Homeowners insurance companies; require to write policies on FORTIFIED homes certified by IBHS.
Memorial highway; designate segment of U.S. Highway 42 in Forrest County as the "Sheriff Eugene Lamar 'Gene' Walters Memorial Highway."
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 371 in Prentiss County as the "James 'Jimmy' C. Pharr Memorial Highway."
Concealed carry permit fees; lower.
In committee · 6
Contractors; provide method to receive payment when services have been terminated.
Automobiles; provide relief to purchaser from payments after repossession of.
Washington County; authorize levy of special tax on real and personal property to support operation of fire protection districts.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Appropriation; Health Dept. for funding the Municipal Water, Sewer and Wastewater Systems Repair and Replacement Grant Program.
Washington County; extend date of repeal on hotel/motel tax for purposes of funding a sports complex for youth.