Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
In committee28
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. government course.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as a disciplinary alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Counties; authorize to make donations to domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers.
Counties; authorize to expend funds to match funds for social and community service programs.
Dating violence; require school districts to adopt policy and educate students on.
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require taking of course related to offices upon being elected.
Comprehensive eye examinations; require for certain students upon enrollment in school.
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program; revise eligibility through Grade 12.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2016; create.
Person appointed to intake unit by youth court judge; require to be employee of the county or municipality.
Definition of "child" and "youth"; revise under Youth Court Law.
Interpretation language assistance services; provide for certain youth at juvenile detention centers.
Youth court jurisdiction; revise age that court has jurisdiction over a child who commits an offense.
Youth court; prohibit admissions made during screenings or assessments from being utilized in determining whether youth committed delinquent act.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Family Savings Initiative Act; create.
Technical violations for offender; require sentence to run concurrently for each violation report.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; enact.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Police Safety Act; enact.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training; authorize to transfer excess funds to Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund.
Crime of endangerment; revise for knowing exposure.
State Flag; provide for statewide referendum on removing Confederate Battle Flag from the design of.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new flag to be unveiled at Bicentennial on 12/10/2017.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
Youth court; authorize counsel to represent indigent parent.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 61 in Coahoma County as the "Dr. Aaron E. Henry Memorial Highway."
University of Mississippi Medical Center; authorize to lease property with approval of IHL to the American Cancer Society.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
Economic Development and Infrastructure Fund; create and deposit certain funds into.
Electric Power Association Law; provide additional provisions applicable to generation and transmission cooperatives.
Electric power associations; revise regulatory laws.
Justice court judges; clarify authority to expunge misdemeanor convictions.
Vetoed · 1
MS Delta Area Workforce Training Project; extend repealer on.
Passed the House · 13
Teacher certification; provide exemption for qualification for licensure to certain individuals.
Human trafficking; increase penalty and authorize center for violence prevention.
Witness Protection Program; authorize.
MS Youth Challenge Academy; require SDE to provide certain information to director of for purposes of dropout prevention.
Elections; increase per diem of election commissioners for nonelection days.
Jackson State University property; authorize long-term lease of for student housing.
State building; rename the Advanced Education Center on Tupelo Campus of ICC, the "Speaker Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Advanced Education Center."
MS Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia; revise eligibility through Grade 12.
Division of Child Protection Services; establish in DHS.
Driver's license; revise verification procedure and term limits for non-U.S. citizen's license.
Juvenile Detention Facilities Licensing Act; create and require interpretation services and certain girls' facility.
Income tax; extend repealer on tax credit for certain charges at airports used for export/import of cargo.
Capitol Complex Improvement District; create and fund improvement projects within.
In committee · 10
Gaming; create state lottery to fund higher education after statewide election approves lottery.
Medicaid; require Governor and Division of Medicaid to negotiate to obtain federal waiver to expand Medicaid coverage.
Former Hinds AHS; reorganize and establish as special purpose career and technical high school.
Delta Cancer Research Institute; establish at UMMC.
Weight tolerance; authorize for vehicles hauling animal feed to a farm.
Breast-feeding; require certain practices to support and promote.
Automobiles; provide relief to purchaser from payments after repossession of.
Concealed weapons permit; exempt retired law enforcement officers.
State flag; create commission to select new design of from submissions by public universities and colleges.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with making road and street improvements near Jackson State University.