Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
John W. Hines, Sr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Washington County; extend the repeal date on the Washington County Convention and Visitors Committee and the tourism tax.
In committee22
Supervisors and municipal governing authorities; require taking of course related to offices upon being elected.
Health; State Health Officer shall develop program to close the gap in health status of gender and racial groups.
Legislative Public Project Grant Program; create.
Mississippi River Delta Promise Zone Act of 2017; create.
Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training; authorize to transfer excess funds to Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund.
Workers' Compensation Law; increase maximum total recovery under to 520 weeks.
Public school students; authorize use of community service as a disciplinary alternative to suspension or expulsion.
Dating violence; require school district to adopt policy and educate students on.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. Government course.
Community and Police Safety Act; create.
Smoking; prohibit in motor vehicle with child passenger under age six.
Counties and municipalities; expand and clarify authority to expend monies to match funds for social and community service programs.
Mississippi Eyes on Smiling Students Health Act; enact to require vision screening and oral health assessments for certain students.
Police Safety Act of 2017; create.
Mississippi Civil Rights Act; create.
Youth court jurisdiction; revise age that court has jurisdiction over a child who commits an offense.
Person appointed to intake unit by youth court judge; require to be employee of the county or municipality.
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag; establish to recommend new state flag design.
State Flag; provide for statewide referendum on removing Confederate Battle Flag from the design of.
Crime of endangerment; revise purposeful exposure of another person to infectious bodily fluids.
Appropriation; Department of Health to establish and operate two STD/HIV specialty clinics.
Appropriation; Department of Health for a grant to the Southern Health Commission in Washington County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Maternal Mortality Review Committee; authorize State Department of Health to establish.
Light wine or beer; authorize small craft breweries to sell light wine or beer they produce on the premises of the brewery.
Occupational Board Compliance Act of 2017; create.
Income tax; authorize first-time home buyers savings accounts and exclude contributions/distributions from gross income.
Passed the House · 10
Save the Rural Hospital Act; create.
Mental health courts; authorize and provide for certification of.
Driver's education; require courses taught in schools to include program developed by DPS on how to properly respond to law enforcement when stopped.
Teacher licensure; authorize SDE to issue Nontraditional Teaching route - Standard License to certain individuals with advanced degrees.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
State energy management plan; revise laws to increase energy reporting and savings.
Public contracts; give preference to veteran-owned small businesses.
Income tax; authorize a credit for certain contributions to support the MS Integrated Basic Educational and Skills Training Program.
Income tax; revise tax credit for child adoption expenses.
Public School Donation Tax Deduction and Dedicated Use Act; create.
Out of committee · 1
Tax assessors and collectors; revise the compensation provided to.
In committee · 8
Women's Economic Security Act; create.
Nurse-Family Partnership Pilot Program; require to be established and funded through TANF funds.
Charter school payments; prohibit SDE from reducing and redirecting local school district's MAEP funds for purpose of.
Charter school payments; remove local school districts requirement to pay local contribution directly to charter school.
Income tax; authorize credit for certain child care expenses, child care centers and child care center teachers and directors.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of term "gas" and revise certain exemptions.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Deduction Act of 2017; create.
MS Critical Needs School District Tax Credit Act of 2017; create.